FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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People migrated together.
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People have the same leader.
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People share a similar language.
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People come from the same family.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What were three common cultural characteristics shared by most Native Americans? 1: Earth and all its creatures were intertwined with each other to create harmony and peace. 2: Men and Women didn’t do the same jobs, but deserved equal respect from on another. 3: Believed that land could not be owned by one person.
Detailed explanation-2: -What were some characteristics of American Indian cultures, and how and why did people move within the Americas prior to contact with Europeans? Indian cultures were hunters and gatherers. They also adopted agriculture as a way to have food. Many were also very good at fishing.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of these describes how American Indians viewed their environment? They believed they were a part of community of living things.
Detailed explanation-4: -The term ‘Indian’ is a misnomer that was used to describe the native Americans by Christopher Colombus. Colombus set out to discover India but ended up discovering America. He took to calling the native Americans ‘Indians’ due to his mistaken assumption of having reached India.