1. Coming Into America Guiding Questions: What is the Difference Between A Primitive Society and A Civilized Society?

2. “But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them.” Christopher Columbus

3. Civilized 1. having a high state of culture and social development; 2. easy to manage or control; well organized or ordered

4. Primitive 1.Relating to or occurring at the first stages of or form of something 2.Very simple in design 3.With simple technological development not using or relying on modern technologies to provide comfort an efficiency

12. Traditional Views Native Americans Migrated Over the Bering Land Bridge about 12, 00 years ago They Lived in Scattered Bands in relatively Low Numbers Had so Little Impact on Environment that the Americas were virtually a Wilderness When Columbus Came “The Indians, Las Casas says, have no religion, at least no temples...They lack all manner of commerce, neither buying nor selling, and rely exclusively on their natural environment for maintenance.” —A People’s History of a United States by Howard Zinn

13. Organized Religion? Towns? Social System? Large Structures?

14. No Cities Paved Roads and Large Urban Populations ? Do Primitive Societies Build Apartment Complexes?

15. SOOOOOO………………. In 1492, when “Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue,” Were Native Americans living in a Primitive Society or A Civilized Society? http://nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/infinityofnations/