FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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the narrow strip of land that connected Asia and North America.
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the disease that killed most of the Native Americans.
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the name of the first tribe to migrate to North America.
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the name of the ship that the first Europeans arrived on.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Beringia is a modern name for a strip of land that once connected Asia to Alaska in North America. The current evidence suggests the first humans crossed this “land bridge” at least 40, 000 years ago and perhaps even earlier. The Bering Strait has separated Asia and America for about 15, 000 years.
Detailed explanation-2: -The land beneath the Bering Strait became exposed and a flat grassy treeless plain emerged connecting Asia to North America. This exposed land stretched one thousand miles from north to south.
Detailed explanation-3: -Today, Beringia is defined as the land and maritime area bounded on the west by the Lena River in Russia; on the east by the Mackenzie River in Canada; on the north by 72 degrees north latitude in the Chukchi Sea; and on the south by the tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Detailed explanation-4: -This map shows how a land bridge connected the continents of Asia and North America when the most recent ice age lowered sea levels.
Detailed explanation-5: -Beringia is renowned for its rich history and diverse culture. The human history of Beringia started when people first moved onto the land bridge in pursuit of land mammals, edible plants, and other resources for surviving the cold glacial climate.