1. Pre-Columbian Societies
A. Early inhabitants of the Americas
1. crossed a land bridge at the bering strait
2. settled in different areas
B. American Indian empires in Mesoamerica, the Southwest, and the Mississippi Valley
1. cultivated crops
2. aztecs incans mayans- mesoamerica
3. pueblo- southwest
4. mississippians moundbuilders- mississippi valley
C. American Indian cultures of North America at the time of European contact
1. highly diverse cultures depending on where they were from
2. hundreds of different languages
2. Transatlantic Encounters and Colonial Beginnings, 1492-1690
A. First European contacts with Native Americans
1. columbus arrived and found the indians to be friendly and submissive
2. sometimes violent, although the indian weapons were no match for the european weapons
3. europeans brought disease
B. Spain's empire in North America
1. the spanish arrived in meso america where they destroyed and enslaved the people
2. and converted them to......

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