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Reaching the Americas

Yo, You Just Got Iced! Glaciers: thick sheets of ice Stretched across Canada and reached as far south as present-day Kentucky Last Ice Age: between 100,000 and 10,000 years ago

Modern-day glaciers in the U.S.A.!

Bridge to ‘murica Land Bridge: Siberia joined to Alaska Bering Strait 12,000 years ago: LAST ICE AGE Temperatures Rose, Glaciers Melted 5,000 years ago: Central America learned to grow: corn, squash, beans Farmers- permanent villages

Extra, Extra, Eat All About It! surplus: extra (aka, farming) Cities had different social classes, well-organized government, complex religion, record keeping Olmec Civilization: earliest know civilization in the Americas 3500 years ago, Gulf of Mexico Few written records, Studied stars, developed a calendar (seasons/time) Get Ready for the MAYANS!