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SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS ACTIVITY # 5 Unit 1 ** Early Encounters: Native Americans and explorers ** **__The World before the Opening of the Atlantic__** Section 2: Native American Cultures OCTOBER 25, 2010
 * **ESSENTIAL QUESTION** : // What was the impact of European exploration on the Americas’ land and people? // ||
 * __ Objectives:  __// Students will learn … //**

1. By 1500, a variety of Native American groups-each with a distinct culture-lived in North America.

2. How the environment shaped Native Americans’ economy, technology, and religion

__**VOCABULARY:**__ 1-Go to: http://05M195.wikispaces.com ]] and CLICK on October 26, 2010 2.DOWNLOAD THIS: AND THIS:
 * technology || tundra || kayak || Slash-and burn agriculture || Deganawida || Iroquois League ||
 * __INSTRUCTIONS:__**

3. By end of class, complete and place the following in your folder:

A-SECTION 2: ASSESSMENT B-INTERACTIVE PRIMARY SOURCE ASSESSMENT

Estimates of the numbers of Native North Americans at the time of the European arrival/invasion in what is now the United States and Canada vary between 1.2 to 12 million. By the end of the 19th century, the number of Native Americans had been reduced to 250,000, mainly through imported diseases, dislocation, slavery, mass murder and [|genocide].