PreColumbian America

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Pre-ColumbianAmerica
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Pre-Colombian North America
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First Arrivals
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Pre-Columbian South America
Major Andean Cultures, 900 b.c.a.d. 1432
Map from Haughton Mifflin
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Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Cultures1000BC
1519AD
Map from Haughton Mifflin
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Major Indian Cultures of Central South America

• Maya
• __________ __________
• __________ __________ __________
• Aztec
• __________ __________
• Ruled __________ when __________ __________ in
  _____
• Inca
• __________ __________ of __________ __________
• Empire stretched 1,000 miles from __________ to
  __________
• Survived until __________ __________ in _____

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Major Indian Cultures of North America
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Selected Americans of 1500AD
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Major Indian Cultures of North America

• Adena-Hopwell (____ BC-____AD)
• __________ __________ __________
• Evidence suggests a __________, __________ social
  structure
• Developed elaborate __________ __________
• Mississippian culture (AD __________ -
  __________)
• __________ __________ __________
• Intensive __________, substantial _____, ______
  _______
• Pueblo-Hohokam-Anasazi (____ BC to present)
• __________ __________ culture
• __________ __________

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Native American Handicaps

• _______________ _______________
• No true __________ __________
• No __________ __________ or __________
• __________ __________ (Spanish _________
  _________)
• __________ __________ and __________ __________
• Made them susceptible to __________ and
  __________ strategies