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 PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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 Over 2,000 separate cultures 375 languages by 1492 Probably came from Asia
How did they get here? Came from Asia approximately 30,000 years
ago on a land bridge ice age
glaciers
nomads
Studying Native Americans Radiocarbon Dating
Half Life
Artifacts
Fossils
Developing Culture Agricultural Revolution
Began in Mexico 3,500 years agoCommon in the present U.S. by 1,200 A.D.
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