Chapters 1-5 The American Pageant
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US History [1]
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the american pageant [10]
ADVANCED PLACEMENT US HISTORY UNIT 1 TERMS AND IDENTIFICATIONS 2011/12 ? Bering Land Bridge Glaciers lowered water level, exposed land bridge from Russia to Alaska. Asian hunters tracked game across it for 1,250 years Aztec, Inca, Maya Aztec- Mexico, large cities, astronomers, lots of sacrifices Incas- Peru Mayans- Central America Pueblos, Mound Builders, Mississippians, Anasazi Pueblos ? Small towns across America All had large settlements b/c of corn. Small, scattered Iroquois Made a military force Crusades People saw awesome stuff in Asia, people wanted cheaper way to get there than Mesopotamia, made Christopher Columbus go other way Europeans in Africa 1450 Portuguese get slaves and gold, 40,000 in 50 years Spain wanted to expand, had to go West