Chapters 1-5 Vocabulary
Subject:
US History [1]
Chapter 1 Bering Land Bridge and nomadic hunters ? Once the sea level dropped, a land bridge connecting Eurasia with North America in the area of the present-day Bering Sea between Siberia and Alaska was exposed. Nomadic Asian hunters are the ?immigrant? ancestors of the Native Americans. Incas ? The Incas were in Peru. Mayans ? The Mayans were in Central America. Aztecs ? The Aztecs were a Native American Empire who lived in Mexico. Their capital was Tenochtitlan. They worshipped everything around them especially the sun. Cortes conquered them in 1521.