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| What initially emerged to cause water to spread from the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans? |
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| How was the emergence of the Rockies good for plant growth? |
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| They spread a lot of water upon their emergence. |
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| What is the Laramide Mountain Building Episode and where has it been exploited? |
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| It was the period, 80 to 35 million years ago, when mountains were formed from rock, granite and metamorphic rock was broken up, and metals such as gold, silver, zinc, copper, and lead were then able to insinuate themselves within the rock. |
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| What is the Pleistocene Epoch and what good did it do? |
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| The Ice Age, it spread rich soil called Loess across America. |
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| Briefly explain the Iroquois Creation Story. |
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| 1816 - Account recorded by John Norton. Before Earth, there was a country above the sky where Superior Beings resided, and over which the "Great Spirit" ruled. The Great Spirit's daughter was impregnated illegitimately, he threw her in a rooted tree's hole, she lands on a turtle, got rooted into the mud and started to create earth. She has 2 twins, one evil and one good. The good (Holder of Heaven) went out naturally first. The bad one (Flinty Rock) went out her side secondly, killing the mother. |
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| For many years are humans believed to have inhabited America? |
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| Briefly explain the bering Strait Theory |
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| The Ice Age of 75k - 8k BC lowered the Bering Strait to passable levels from Asia to America and Asians emigrated from Asia. |
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| What do natives believe about the beginning of inhabitance in America? |
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| They believe that they're indigenous and have always been there. |
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| What was found near New Mexico and to when does it date human inhabitance in America? |
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| Clovis spear points - 11,000 years |
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| What dates back farther than the Clovis spear points and where were they found? |
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| Stone and bone tools - Monte Verde (modern day Chile) |
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"However far the stream flows, it never forgets its source"
Who said it and what does it mean? |
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| The Yoruba people of Africa. It means it's very important to remember history. |
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| How long ago did ACTUAL American History start? |
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| Give a short definition of history |
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| stories of changes and continuities over time. |
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| What do the Lakota Natives insist? (Similar to most Native Americans) |
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| That they are strictly indigenous. |
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| Under which categories are groups of people commonly classified? |
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| Size, Movement, and Economics |
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| Where did the Mandan people live and what was their size? |
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| Modern day North Dakota along the Missouri River. They were fairly small (couple hundred) |
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| Around where did the Pequot and Mohegans live, and what was their lifestyle like? |
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| The lived along the northeast coast, hunted and farmed, and were settled. They were also fairly small communities. |
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| Where were the Aztecs located and what was their lifestyle like? |
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| Mexico, they were settled and had over 150,000 people (LARGE) They hunted and farmed. Their community was stratified with classes. |
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| What is Chokia and where is it located? |
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| A small native america community, it was located at modern day St. Louis Missouri. |
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| Named some settled societies and their places of settlement |
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| Masa Verde (SW Colorado), Taos Pueblo (New Mexico), Pequots and Mohegans (NE Coast) |
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| What are the Iroquois Confederacy, where were they located, and what are they considered to be? |
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| They are a tribe located around New York, they're considered to be the FOUNDING SACHEMS. |
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| Did women play a role in Native American politics? |
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| Yes, they would lobby and instruct while the men deliberated. |
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| What time period is considered to be the "Age of Discovery"? |
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| What is revisionist history? |
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| Accounts of a story from a different person with changes. |
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| What is the Columbian Exchange? |
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| The act of the Europeans bringing over new plants, animals, and diseases to America. |
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| What is the Requirement or "The Requerimiento"? |
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| The Europeans forcing Christianity upon Native Americans with the threats of physical abuse, rape, and enslavement. |
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| Who encountered the Zuni natives in 1540? |
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| Francisco Vasquez de Coronado |
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| Who spoke out against the mistreatment of Native Americans |
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| Father Bartolome de las Casas |
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| Who encountered Pueblo and cut off feet? |
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| Where were the Pueblo people located |
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| What happened to Onate's statue? |
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| From when to when was Spanish Rule the greatest? |
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| Which war happened in 1680 and who won? |
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| The Pueblo Revolt. The natives won this war for once. |
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| When the Spanish returned in the 1690s, what was different? |
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| The rule was lighter, they were more lenient on religion, there was less violence, and mestizos (mixed people) were made through intercultural relations. |
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| How many Spaniards were in New Mexico in the 1600s? |
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