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The Bering Strait A land bridge created during the Ice age.
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Paleo-Indians 13,500-10,000 BC- hunter gatherers. hunted small game mammoths and mastodons and used tools such as the Clovis point. used atlatl
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Archaic Indians 8,500 to 3,000 BC- hunter gatherers. Although they built houses they were not sedentary. Diet composed of squash gourds and corn.
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Mississippian Indians 800-1300 AD- Sedentary. They lived on mounds had chiefdoms and were know for the decorative pottery
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Hohokam 1-1400 AD- They built/engineered canals and grew cotton,tobacco,corn, beans, and squash.Mysteriously disappeared around 1400 AD probably due to famine or disease.
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Anasazi Indians 1-1450 AD- Cliff dwelling Indians from Utah and ancestors of Pueblo Indians who lived in an agricultural society.
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Mexica Established an empire
Territory the size of Spain with 3x's the population
Other tribes paid tribute
Capitol: Tenochtitlan
Large cities, extravagant temples, markets, gardens, stores of gold and other treasures
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Trade routes search for a quicker trade rout to asia
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Black Death Also known as the Bubonic plague. Killed 2/3 of Europe's population in the 14th century.
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navigation technologies The magnetic compass and astrolabe.
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caravels New and improved ships for travel.
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Northwest Passage ...
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Hernan Cortes Spanish conquistador known for his...