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| How did humans first reach the Americas? |
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| they crossed the land bridge (Beringia) during the last ice age
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one of the largest empires in america.
Cuzco was the holy city capital.
they built massive forts and temples |
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good at farming.
grew a surplus of food that helped build cities.
first civilization in central america |
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lived in rainforests in Guatemala and mexico.
priests performed ceremonies to bring a good harvest and win battles.
in AD 900 they abandoned their cities |
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| Earliest civilization in america |
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oregon to california
salmon for food
Used animal hides for clothing.
Cone Houses
desert and mountains |
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EXTREME temperature changes
mountains
life difficult
traveled in groups
ate snakes and grasshoppers |
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dry and covered with grass
ate fish and plants
houses partly underground
villages by rivers |
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farming society
anasazis and hohokams lived there
Lived in Adobe Brick Homes |
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women farmed
lived in teepees
Hunted BUFFALO |
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lived in farming villages
several families lived together
Women Farmed
Log Houses. |
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warm moist climate
gulf of mexico
young tree sapling hoomes.
Built Burial Mounds
natchez |
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Capital city- Tenochtitlan
City was built in the center of a lake. Human Sacrifices done for the SUN GOD |
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