Ice Age‚ between 34‚000 and 30‚000 B.C.‚ much of the world’s water was contained in vast continental ice sheets. As a result‚ the Bering Sea was hundreds of meters below its current level‚ and a land bridge‚ known as Beringia‚ emerged between Asia and North America. At its peak‚ Beringia is thought to have been some 1‚500 kilometers wide. A moist and treeless tundra‚ it was covered with grasses and plant life‚ attracting the large animals that early humans hunted for their survival. The first people
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No one knows exactly when people came to the Americas- maybe 40‚000 years ago- walk from Asia to Alaska- world’s oceans low/ land bridge. Beringia Separate waves of migrants different times- settled different regions from Artic Circle to South America distinct language and customs 1400’s 8 to 10 million people lived in the U. S. (map pg. 16) West Africans pg. 29 Morocco= north Congo River in the south of the forest kingdoms Benin Guinea= great kingdoms well organized Societies= farming trade
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lived in North America. Also‚ many traditions include a long journey from a distant place of origin to a new homeland. Last glacial period (80‚000 to 10‚000 BP) created land bridge between Asia and North America across the Bering Strait‚ called Beringia. Folsom‚ New Mexico discoveries point to the fact that humans had arrived in this region no later than 10‚000 BP. Analyses of indigenous American language patterns‚ DNA analyses‚ and blood proteins strongly indicate (rather than provide conclusive
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Population: approximately 100 million c. 1500 (high estimate); probably more like 50-70 million B. Arrived more than 40‚000 years ago via Bering Strait (called Beringia when it was above land) and eventually spread to tip of South America (by 8‚000 BCE) 1. First immigrants hunted animals for meat and furs; probably built small fishing vessels. 2. Beringia became isolated when Bering Strait under water c. 10‚000 years ago C. New research in origins of Amerindians. 1. Old Crow site in Yukon may be 50‚000 years
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A Clouded Past History is as foggy and undiscovered as the future‚ indeed the textbooks our parents read in school are radically different from those that we learn from today. And our children will no doubt learn a history that we can only imagine in our present. As our technology develops‚ we find new ways to discover the past and‚ in many cases‚ that discovery disproves theories we previously held about ancient times. One such example can be found in a new theory that
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Cultural Project: Native Americans and Alaska Natives Introduction The outline and presentation for this assignment generally follows the presentations from Giger’s (2009) Application of Assessment and Intervention Techniques to Specific Cultural Groups. There are over 500 Federally Recognized tribes in the U.S.‚ plus some additional tribes recognized by states‚ plus unknown number of smaller unrecognized tribes. Many are also divided into clans and loosely categorized into major groups.
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* The French and Dutch Colonies * The English Colonies Part I: Initial Contact (Spanish) #1: Who were the earliest inhabitants of the Americas? * About 14‚000 years ago (12‚000 BCE)‚ people started to migrate across BERINGIA to Americas * By 8‚000 BCE‚ they reached to Tierra del Fuego * 3 waves came from Asia‚ 1 from Polynesia (to Easter Island) around 300 AD‚ 1 from Scandinavia (Norsemen) around 900 AD #2: What are 2 characteristics of Neolithic
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University of the Philippines Diliman College of Social Sciences and Philosophy Department of Geography Final Paper in Geography 155 THE GREAT CENTRAL PLAINS Mary Angelie A. Pasion PHYSICAL BACKGROUND OF THE GREAT CENTRAL PLAINS General Information and Physical Background The North American Plains include the area from the Canadian boreal forest in the north to central Texas in the south and from the Rocky Mountain in the west to the Missouri River and the eastern boundaries of the
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I. Japan Geography - About 4000 islands make up the Japanese archipelago‚ island group. Southern Japan enjoys a mild climate with plenty of rainfall. - Only 15% of the land is suitable for farming. Natural resources are in short supply. - Late summer and early fall strong tropical storms (typhoons) occur. Earthquakes and tidal waves are also threats. Early Japan - A.D.300‚ Japan was not a united country; hundreds of clans controlled their own territories. - People
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Canada i/ˈkænədə/ is a country in North America consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent‚ it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean. At 9.98 million square kilometres in total‚ Canada is the world ’s second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area. Its common border with the United States is the world ’s longest land border shared by the same two countries. The land that
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