US History Ch1 Vocabulary

2. Above ground house made of a heavy clay called adobe that were built by Native Americans of the southwestern United States.
4. Muslim emperor of Mali.
9. A great teacher, wanted to make people think and question their own beliefs.
11. building used for Muslim prayer.
12. Related to ancestry traced through the maternal, or mother’s, line.
14. The climate and landscape that surrounds living things
19. One of the greatest Renaissance artists.
21. One of Songhai’s greatest rulers was Muhammad Ture, who chose the title Askia.
24. teacher who taught that people should live lives based on reason.
25. Developed a printing press that used movable type.
26. A strip of land connecting Alaska with Russia that emerged from underwater around 38,000 BC.
27. The common values and traditions of a society, such as language, government, and family relationships.
28. a philosopher and teacher.
29. warriors who fought on horseback in return for land from nobles.

1. a government in which rule themselves.
3. a series of plagues that killed about 25 million people in Europe.
5. One of the greatest Renaissance artists.
6. start to exist, experience, or process.
7. images of ancestors or animal spirits; often carved onto tall, wooden poles by Native American peoples of the Pacific Northwest.
8. A group of people from northern Africa.
10. cone-shaped shelters made of buffalo skins used by Native Americans in the Plains region.
13. a business formed by a group of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses.
15. referring to the cultures of ancient Greece or Rome.
16. The first Americans who crossed from Asia into North America sometime between 38,000 and 10,000 BC.
17. The movement of people from one region to another.
18. A person who hunts animals and gathers wild plants to provide for his or her needs.
20. A political confederation of five northeastern Native American nations of the Seneca, Oneida, Mohawk, Cayuga, and Onondaga that made decisions concerning war and peace.
22. a pilgrimage to Mecca made by devout Muslims.
23. clear and ordered thinking; Greek philosopher.
29. Underground ceremonial chambers at the center of Anasazi communities.