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Why did Christopher Columbus Calles the friendly, brown-skinned people who greeted him, Los indios - indians
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Columbus believes that he had landed in the Indies, a group of islands close to he mainland of India
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What was the name given to the first Americans
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Amerindians or Native Americans
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Who were the ones that called America the New World
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Europeans
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What was the name given to the island Columbus stepped ashore
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San Salvador - Holy saviour
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name some Amerindian tribes
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Pueblo, Apache, iroquois, Dakota/sioux, Haida
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Describe how the Sioux began
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hundreds and perhaps thousands of years ago, the first man sprang soil in the great plains. one morning long ago a lone man awoke, only head visible, rest of his body not yet shaped. at last he stood upon the earth it was not solid. in time the rays of the su hardene the face of the earth and strengthened the an and he ran and leaped about. a free and joyous creature. from this man the Dakota nation sprang.
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what was a potlache?
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a popular caremony amongst the wealthy
Pacific coast tribes of North America. Meaning gift giving. A chief or head of a family might give away everythin that he owned to show how wealthy he was and gain respect. to avoid disgrace, the person receiving the gifts had to give back even more. |
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Who was Christopher columbus
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He was a Italian Advernturer that set sail from spain to find a new way from Europe to Asia
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