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| civilization | the type of culture and society developed by a particular nation or region |
| pueblos | Spanish word for people or towns, group of Indians living in the southwestern United States, noted for skill in pottery, basketry, weaving and metalworking |
| League of the Iroquois | the powerful confederation consisting of five Eastern Indian tribes who sided with the British against the French, helping to drive the French from North America. |
| Bering Strait | stretch of water that separates North America from Siberia. in prehistoric times it is said that this strait formed a land bridge for inhabitants of Asia to cross over to North America |
| Ice Age | during this time period, a land bridge was formed when the glaciers moved south from the north pole making Beriniga. |
| Aztecs | people of Central Mexico, huge civilization destroyed by disease and war |
| Mayas | people of Yucatan and Central America, known for calendars, eclipses and astronomy |
| Incas | people of Peru |
| Plains Indians | Indians divided into many tribes with widely differing languages. living in the great plains of USA and Canada |
| Eastern Woodland Indians | developed many different languages, religions and customs, economies were all the same, villages were set is forest clearings, lived in wigwams |
| Christopher Columbus | deeply moved by generosity of the Indians |
| Jacques Marguette and Louis Joliet | they led an expedition up the Mississippi River which took 4 months and was 2500 miles long, they were in 2 birch bark canoes paddled by their 5 companions |
| John Smith | lead expedition to Jamestown, had many adventures, run off to fight the Turks, taken prisoner and sold as a slave, killed his master to escape. |
| Pocahontas | Indian Princess who rescued John Smith, baptized into Church of England and renamed Rebecca when she married John Rolfe, died age 21 of smallpox |
| Squanto | indirectly responsible for first Thanksgiving, if he didn’t teach the Pilgrims how to plant Indian corn, there would be no feast to celebrate and the Pilgrims would probably have starved to death. |
