HIST 020 Lecture Notes - Cinchona, Smallpox, Opossum
29 Jan 2014
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First migrations to america: the first native americans crossed the land bridge. Native american civilization: south & central america. Inca: maya, aztec, north america, smaller tribes. Coming of europeans: leif erikson (11th century, 500-1500. ~ 2 : columbus ends up in hispaniola (modern day haiti and the dominican. Republic: called the native americans los indios because he thought he was in. India: second voyage, explores island and realizes that he is not in india, third and fourth voyages, sets the bases for the spanish claim to south america. ~ 3 : can be good and/or bad, diseases i. Date: / / : measles, typhus, small pox. Big killers: effects of these diseases, there were around 1 million people living in. Date: / / : quinine, canoes, snow shoes, moccasins, hammocks, kayaks, toboggans, dogsleds, etc, words, teepee, moose, tobacco, skunk, opossum, woodchuck, chipmunk, hickory, raccoon.
