1. The Migration to America
Million Dollar Question:
WHERE DO WE COME FROM?

2. Asia Migration
Nomads
Crossed the Beringia (Bering Strait) in last Ice Age
Continued migrating into interior of North America

3. Mesoamerica Where is “Mesoamerica”?
Agricultural Revolution did away with Nomadic traditions (Division of Labor)
New “civilizations” were created
Olmec
Maya
Toltec
Aztec

4. Native American Cultures
Cultures were based off of their surroundings

5. Southwest Pacific Coast Great Plains Pueblo people
Husband lived with wife’s family
Dry land  Grew corn
Pacific Coast
Known for as superior fishermen and huntsmen
Great Plains
Sioux
Stereotype for Indians
Hunted buffalo, lived in teepees, scalped enemies

6. Eastern Woodlands Southeast Deer were essential to tribes
2 languages groups
Algonquian EX: Powhatan Confederacy/Wampanoag
Iroquoian
Lived in longhouses and wigwams
Southeast
Women farmed/Men hunted
Lived in towns
Most popular groups: Cherokee and Creek

7. European Encounters Vikings (1000 AD) Spain (1492 AD) Leif Ericsson
Scandinavian explorer is believed to first attempt to set up colonies
No sophisticated weapons
Spain (1492 AD)
Christopher Columbus sailed west to reach the Indies
Landed in the Caribbean found gold

8. Columbian Exchange
As Europe settle the New World, cultures influenced one another