American Origins Who was here first? How’d they get here? Native Americans How’d they get here? Bearing Land Bridge ~56 miles Ice Age/ 40,000- 20,000 years ago

Why did humans migrate? Animals would migrate, humans then follow→ Hunter-gatherers How could they migrate? → Ice Map showing where humans traveled from 7 mill. until about 10,000 years ago So by 10,000 B.C.E., humans were everywhere. How did they get there? During the ice age, the earth was colder and the water at the top of the earth was frozen. Frozen water takes up more volume than liquid water, so there was more water at the top and bottom of the earth (North and South Poles) and less in the middle areas (the oceans). Since the oceans were lower, many of the islands we see today were not separated from the mainland by water. The last Ice Age began around 10,500 BCE, and when it ended, it caused a revolution.

How did they live? Different communities in different environments Empires Farmers Hunter-gatherers Mound builders and traders

Native American communities Religion Kinship Gender roles See homework for more

Why did Europeans come in the late 1400s? Goals 1) 2) 3) See homework for more

How were Europeans able to explore now and not before this? New technologies 1) 2) 3) 4) See homework for more lkh 2006