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Life in North America before the Arrival of Europeans A CONTINENT OF VILLAGES

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Life in North America before the Arrival of Europeans. A continent of villages. Indians… or Native Americans?. Christopher Columbus’s Mistake. Native American Diversity. Between 10 – 50 Million Native Americans lived here before Columbus Came over a period of 10,000 years - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Life in North America before the Arrival of Europeans

A CONTINENT OF VILLAGES

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Indians… or Native Americans? Christopher Columbus’s Mistake

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Native American Diversity Between 10 – 50 Million Native

Americans lived here before Columbus Came over a period of 10,000 years Over 2,000 separate cultures 375 languages by 1492 Probably came from Asia

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How did they get here? Came from Asia approximately 30,000 years

ago on a land bridge ice age

glaciers

nomads

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Studying Native Americans Radiocarbon Dating

Half Life

Artifacts

Fossils

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Developing Culture Agricultural Revolution

Began in Mexico 3,500 years agoCommon in the present U.S. by 1,200 A.D.

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Common Cultural Features Political Power spread among local

chiefs & elders, not centralized

Everything has a spirit

Owned little private property, extreme respect for nature

Respectful equality

Work divided among gender lines