Chapter One The Peopling and Unpeopling of America

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Chapter OneThe Peopling and Unpeopling of
America

• America and Its Peoples
• A Mosaic In The Making, 5th ed.
• Martin, Roberts, Mintz, McMurry, and Jones

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Routes of the First AmericansThe Paleo-Indians
migrated across the land bridge that once linked
Asia and America. They then journeyed southward
and eastward in populating North and South
America.
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The Aztecs, Mayas, and IncasThe Aztecs, Mayas,
and Incas evolved from simple, agriculturally
based groups to become politically and socially
complex civilizations.
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The Atlantic Community, Late 1400sNative
Americans, Europeans, and Africans made up a
triad of peoples around the Atlantic Ocean.
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Voyages of ExplorationThe European exploration
of the Americas came in waves after Columbus's
initial voyages in the late 1400s. In the 1500s
Spains American empire took shape, and in the
early 1600s England, France, Holland, and Sweden
located settlements north of New Spain along the
Atlantic coast.
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Conflicting Land Claims