The plains village period - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Native Americans were closely linked to? - Correct answer-The natural world Cahokia was a large trading center located near what present-day city? - Correct answer-St. Louis Prior to European contact, the eastern third of what is today the United States - Correct answer-had the most abundant food resources of any region of the continent The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began - Correct answer-with migrations across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait...

THE COLLISION OF CULTURES America before Columbus Europe Looks Westward The Arrival of the English 1 2 he discovery of the Americas did not begin with Christopher Columbus. It began many thousands of years earlier, when human beings first crossed into the new continents and began to people them. By the end of the fifteenth century a.d., when the first important con- tact with Europeans occurred, the Americas were the home of millions of men and women. These ancient civilizations ha...

1 page per question Textbook: the archaeology of North America. Second Edition Dean R. Snow, Nancy Gonlin, and Peter E. Siegel Answers can be found in Chapter 9-14 1) The Plains is often the source of myths, misconceptions, and images of Native American culture in movies and other popular culture. Describe what archaeologists have learned about the early Plains Archaic, the Plains Village Period, and the protohistoric Plains Archaic after Europeans arrived in the New World. 2) Why...

corn - ANSWERSThe Mayas and the Incas cultivated corn as an important stable food supply. (p. 2) horses - ANSWERSIt was not until the 17th century that the American Indians acquired these animals from the Spanish. (p. 4) disease - ANSWERSWhen Europeans came to America they brought smallpox and measles to which the natives had no resistance. Millions of American Indians died from these diseases. (p. 8) encomienda system - ANSWERSKing of Spain gave grants of land and natives (as slaves) t...

information age, Microsoft, Internet - ANSWER Following WWII, the rise of International Business Machines (IBM) symbolized yet another momentous transformation, to the fast-paced "information age," when the storing, organizing, and processing of data became an industry in its own right. By the century's end the rapid emergence of Microsoft Corporation and the phenomenal growth of the Internet heralded an explosive communications revolution. Americans now rocketed down the "information superh...

The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began - ANSWER with migrations (from Eurasia) across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait. Which sentence best describes pre-Columbian societies of the Southwest? - ANSWER They built irrigation systems and constructed towns Who were the first inhabitants of the American continent? - ANSWER migrants who crossed over from Asia Why did the Colonial government in Massachusetts vote to deport Roger Williams? - ANSWER He...