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Lowered sea level |
Glaciers |
Early ice age |
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55mi wide land passage bet. Asia and the Americas40,000BCE-no solid evidence that people crossed from As to Am |
Bering Land Bridge |
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*The first Immigrants* The BLB _______ |
Reappears |
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*The first Immigrants* Nomadic people from ____ crossed BLB |
Siberia |
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*The first Immigrants* Also possible that people crossed by boat through the _____ also _____ |
Aleutian islands North atlantic |
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*peopling of North America* People spread in ____,the bottom of south America, and on the _____ |
Tierra del fuego East coast of North America |
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*peopling of North America* Most populace area |
Mesoamerica |
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*rise of agriculture* Develops in |
Mesoamerica South America Southwestern United States |
MSaSus |
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*rise of agriculture* ____,_____&_____ were highly developed civilizations that arose in MSaSus |
Aztec Inca Anasazi Long term and secure food supply Competitive gift-giving for status |
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*Civilizations of the southwest* They disappeared, soc pressure, famine, climactic change |
ANASAZI Ancestral pueblo people |
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*Civilizations of the southwest* 4 peoples |
Hopi Acoma Taos Zuni |
Hatz |
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*Civilizations of the southwest* With dry climate, they farmed maize🌽 through___ |
Complex irrigation systems |
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*Civilizations of the southwest* Without ___ their large societies would have been impossible |
Agriculture |
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*Civilizations of the southwest* ^people in the southwest were ____ & _____ and they have no____ |
Cliff wellers & boulders of adobe houses No social hierarchy |
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*Civilizations of the south & MIDWEST* they have fertile land and environment But _______ _______ |
at first NO AGRICULTURE- Foraged and hunted |
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*Civilizations of the south & MIDWEST* 100CE social structure developed with _____ |
1 leader |
Like a king |
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*Civilizations of the south & MIDWEST* ___was the "FIRST AMERICAN METROPOLIS" |
Cahokia |
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*Civilizations of the south & MIDWEST* Cahokia Supported by_____&____ |
-35000people 900CE -supported by agriculture and trade (from Mesoamerica) |
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*Civilizations of the south & MIDWEST* Cahokia -abandoned by the time |
EUROPEANS ARRIVED |
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*Civilizations of the pacific northwest* Hunter-gatheres that build surdy _______ made from the abundant timber |
Long houses |
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*Civilizations of the pacific northwest* Used ____ ___ to demarcate each family's space in the longhouse |
Woven mats |
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*Civilizations of the pacific northwest* Big party thrown by one fam to show its wealth |
Potlatch |
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*Civilizations of the pacific northwest* Marked graves, explained legends celebrated beliefs, clan lineage never worshiped |
Totem poles |
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*Civilizations of the Great Plains* People were
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Migratory hunter gatherers
Hunts buffalo Gather plants
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*Civilizations of the Great Plains* People lived in ___ that provides easily movable and durable shelter |
Teepees |
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*Civilizations of the Eastern woodlands* Mixed agri, hunter/gatherers Dev. Communities around #people |
5000 |
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*Civilizations of the Eastern woodlands* ____5 tribes FORMED IN RESPONSE TO THE THREAT OF THE ___ |
IROQUOIS ALLIANCE
ALGONQUIS |
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*Civilizations of the Eastern woodlands* History is recorded on a string of beads ______ |
Wampum, is not money Europeans:people=Lawless savages |
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*Civilizations of the Eastern woodlands* Iroquois gained a modium of respect because of___ |
STRUCTURED GOVERNMENT |
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