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Part Two  History of the United States Colonization of North America 看电影学历史： War of Indepence：《爱国者》 南北战争：《乱世佳人》， 《冷山》 种族战争：《一个国家的诞生》，《最后的莫西干人》，《与狼共舞》 西部运动：《大地雄心》 现代历史：《美国往事》、《燃情岁月》、《邦尼和克莱德》、《铁拳男人》、 《大河恋》 世界大战：《珍珠港》,《卡萨布兰卡》、《遥远的桥》、《巴顿将军》、《最长的一天》、《拯救大兵瑞恩》《魂断蓝桥》 America America America [for Amerigo Vespucci], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the first known cartographic use of the name. In English, America and American are frequently used to refer only to the United States. Questions: 1. Who are the Native Americans? 2. When and where was the first English Settlement established? P18 Indians Native Americans came into the Western Hemisphere from Asia via the Bering Strait or along the N Pacific coast in a series of migrations. From Alaska they spread east and south. Native Americans have in common (though with considerable variation)—Mongoloid 蒙古人features. They came to Americas more than 25,000 years Indian Indian Indian How did they live?(18) They lived in tribes. They adapted themselves to their enfironment - those living in the cold north became skilled hunters and fishermen while those in the hotter south grew corn and made houses from sun-dried bricks. 与狼共舞_Dances.with.Wolves.CD1.rmvb 93:00 The Discovery of America Columbus Columbus (comments) Columbus was not the first European mariner to sail to the New World—the Vikings, but his voyages mark the beginning of continuous European efforts to explore and colonize the Americas. Traditional historians viewed his voyages as opening the New World to Western civilization and Christianity. European colonization and represent the beginning of the destruction of Native American peoples and culture. One point of agreement among all interpretations is that his voyages were one of the turning points in history. Columbus Columbus, Christopher 1451–1506.Italian explorer in the service