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| The study of the past in order to determine people's cultures. |
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| The things left behind by previous generations. Artifacts are studied by archeologists. |
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| The movement of one thing from one area to another. In our case we talked about the migration of people from Asia across Beringia (the land bridge) to get to North America. |
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| Where you live including weather, climate, and geography. Where you live determines how you live. |
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| Anything you do on a daily basis that you have in common with many others. |
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| Violent tribe in Mexico. Would enslave other tribes. Had gold taken from them by the Conquistadors of Spain. |
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| More intelligent and civilized. Were very successful. Able to farm on mountainsides due to creation of terrace farms. |
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| From American Southwest. Used irrigation to overcome dry conditions. |
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| Man made way to move water. |
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| Natives to New York State. Having five different groups becoming one to work together. Lived in long houses with multiple families. |
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| The time period between 500-1500 AD, and very little learning took place as few left the farms they were born on. |
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| The belief of strict social class in Europe in the Middle Ages. Knights, lords and serfs were classes at the time. |
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| Three separate religious wars fought between the Christians and Muslims over the city of Jerusalem. They are important for our course because the crusades were the start of learning again. This leads to the Renaissance. |
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