Before Contact

The Black Death killed an estimated 30 to 60% of Europe's population. What was the Black Death?

An extremely deadly strain of the Bubonic Plague

The Oneida, Mohawk, Seneca, Tuscarora, Cayuga, and Onondaga peoples of the Northeast formed a political group known as

The Iroquois Confederacy

The Ghana Empire was an inland Islamic empire established at the end of the first century and located in western:

Africa

Ancestral Pueblo people had a thriving agricultural society, as opposed to more nomadic societies. What's the big trade-off for prioritizing agriculture over hunting?

Agriculture-based societies have a more reliable source of calories, but are more vulnerable to drought

Where's the Bering Strait, and what does it have to do with the history of the North American continent?

It' a waterway that separates present day siberia from present day alaska. Historians theorize that humans made their way across a now vanished bridge from asia to north america.

The Protestant Reformation led to

Mistrust, turmoil, and warfare between Protestants and Catholics in Europe

Cahokia, the largest of the settlements of the Mississippian culture, is renowned for

Monks Mound, an enormous structure similar in size to the Great Pyramid of Giza

Which of the following factors most influenced the adoption of largely mobile lifestyles by early societies in the Great Basin and Great Plains?

The arid Great Basin limited farming opportunities close to major waterways, making permanent settlements undesirable

The Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole peoples were called the "Five Civilized Tribes" by Anglo-European colonists. Why did they deem these five groups of people 'civilized', and not others?

They adopted elements of european colonial culture like christianity, literacy, and slavery.

Why did the Sioux live in structures like those depicted in the image?

They facilitated a nomadic lifestyle

Chaco Canyon, in modern-day New Mexico, is almost 600 miles from the Gulf of California and the Pacific Ocean. What does the presence of California seashells in archaeological digs tell us about the people who lived in Chaco Canyon 1000 years ago?

They had elaborate trade routes with societies that lived on the coast

Which of the following conclusion might historians make about the Mississippian people from the evidence of Cahokia

They lived in settled villages and farmed, allowing for the growth of large populations

Why is it important that the Three Sisters agricultural system combined beans, corn, and squash

They provide complete nutrition

The Ghana Empire created extensive trade networks across the Sahara Desert, sending out caravans bearing

gold and salt