HIST 2057 : Test 1 Notes
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*could be a picture from the textbook on first quiz* Names for native peoples: in canada: first peoples, in australia: aboriginees, in america: indians, native americans. First humans 40,000 years ago: evidence suggest 3 primary migrations, 40,000-16,000 years ago, 12,000 years ago, 9,000 years ago, most people came between 15,800 and 19,600 years ago. America in 1492, with most living in mexico: about 18 to 20 million in the united states. *similarities: all successfully implemented agriculture, had to rely on the environment, most are hierarchial and urban, all are unsustainable, not enough technology and skill. Iroquois cont"d: lived in long houses, 20 to 30 lived in a house and they kept a fire going at all times, agricultural people. *no such thing as indian or native american identity in 1491. Pueblo and southwestern indians: direct descendants of the anasazi, live in clay buildings made of adobe.
