Unit 1 Vocabulary Terms

What is the term for a change to a lower state or level?

• Eventually

• Decline

• Acquire

• Sedentary

What does the term "eventually" mean?

• At an unspecified time or day; in the end

• A payment by one ruler to another

• A device used to determine direction

• A form of business organization

What is the definition of "technology"?

• A payment by one ruler to another

• A manner of accomplishing a task using specialized methods, processes, or knowledge

• A circular ceremonial room

• A sailing ship capable of long-distance exploration

What was the Agricultural Revolution?

• A period when early peoples learned how to plant and raise crops

• A form of business organization

• A device used to determine direction

• A sailing ship capable of long-distance exploration

What is a "kiva"?

• A Spanish term for "village"

• A circular ceremonial room built by the Anasazi

• A sailing ship capable of long-distance exploration

• A device used to determine direction

What does "pueblo" mean in Spanish?

• Conqueror

• Village

• Route

• Migration

What is an "astrolabe" used for?

• To determine direction, latitude, and local time

• To sail around

• To produce a good or service

• To raise large amounts of money for projects

What is a "caravel"?

• A form of business organization

• A sailing ship capable of long-distance exploration

• A payment by one ruler to another

• A device used to determine direction

What does "circumnavigate" the world mean?

• To sail around the world

• To inhabit the world

• To move from one location to another in the world

• To give or bestow upon the world

Who were the "conquistadors"?

• People who lived by traveling from place to place

• The men who led the expeditions to conquer the Americas

• Settlers granted land in exchange for settling in Virginia

• Investors pooling funds for large projects