L2 Pre-Columbian America

Question 1

Geological Epochs

Answer 1

Really long period of time

Pleistocene

Holocene

Question 2

Pleistocene

Answer 2

2.6 million BP - 12,000 BP

BP : before present (1950)

more water and ice caps glaciers over Canada, planet cooler, less water levels 12,000 BP the world started to warm up

Question 3

Holocene

Answer 3

(12,000-present)
Humans flourished

Neolithic Revolution: agriculture is invented all over the world staple food source helps create jobs and cities

Question 4

Pre-Columbian/pre-contact defined

Answer 4

Before Columbus discovered America in 1492

Question 5

Population density

Answer 5

Myth: very few people in America’s open land to take

Reality: area of dense population

Ex: chahokia, palenque

Question 6

Use of environment

Answer 6

Myth : Pocahontis lived like wild animals make them sound simplistic didn’t use environment

Reality: heavy use of environment

Ex: many trees cut and grounds leveled dams built manipulating wild resources

Question 7

Government

Answer 7

Myth: simple chief of spiritual leader no government

Reality: complex government structure

Example: large cities

Question 8

War and diplomacy

Answer 8

Myth: Savage

Reality: went to war for same reason as Europeans for resources

Ex: water and food

Question 9

Technology and scholasticism

Answer 9

Myth: Stone Age

Reality: didn’t have metal but still sophisticated writing system

Examples: buildings and writing