1. Pre-Columbian America What was America like before the Arrival of the Europeans?

2. America before Columbus…  Around 12,ooo b.c.e. humans cross Bering Straight  50-75 mil. In Amer. By 1500 C.E.

3. Civilizations of the South Incas of Peru:  paved roads  AMAZING architecture  Complex political system

4. MesoAmerica Mayans :  central Mexico  ag. system, numbers, calendars, written lang. Aztecs :  Ed. and med. Systems, human sacrifice  Tenochtitlan = GREAT city

5. North American Civilizations Pacific North West - hunting, gathering, fishing…

6. The Middle – Mound People Cahokia - Illinois Serpent’s Mound - Ohio Cahokia Today

7. North East – Woodland Tribes Algonquin – big language group Iroquois Confederation – big and powerful Secoton village - Virginia 1585

8. South West – The Pueblos Chaco Canyon – New Mexico Mesa Verde - Colorado Taos - New Mexico

9. Vinland Map – 1434 c.e.

10. Columbian Exchange Test your knowledge of the “New” World! potato potato Tomato Tomato Onion Onion peppers peppers Banana Banana Pineapple Pineapple citrus citrus grapes grapes sweet potato sweet potato squash squash Pumpkin Pumpkin horse horse cattle cattle pig pig Sheep Sheep Turkey Turkey Cacao Cacao coffee coffee olives olives wheat wheat Rice Rice sugar sugar tobacco tobacco New Old New Old New Old New Old New