The History of American Indians
When Europeans discovered the western hemisphere, they discovered a race of people that Columbus
called Indians.
There are some aspects about the American Indians:
(1) ______
Ⅰorigin and (1)______,
1) Where did the Indians come from
2) How did they get to America
3) When did they come According to most scholars, the homeland of
the Indians was Eastern Asia and they migrated to North America
along (2)______ from Siberia to Alaska. (2)______
Ⅱtheir number, distribution and condition today.
1) In all of New England, where (3) ______ began their settlement in 1620, (3)______
there were then probably fewer than 20,000 Indians.
2) The Indians were a (4)______people. (4)______
Ⅲ the consequences for them of European settlement in the New World,
Consequences:
1) Guns revolutionized their hunting and (5) ______. (5)______
2) Whiskey corrupted them. Christianity changed (6) ______ of some (6)______
Indians and brought (7) ______ within tribes. (7)______
3) The introduction of the horse by the Spanish changed the way of
life of Indian(8)______. (8)______
Ⅳ the part they have played in the history of the United States,
1) The Indians made many (9) ______ to prevent the advance of the frontier. (9) ______
2) During the American Revolution many Indians sided with the British and
caused much trouble for Americans on (10) ______ (10) ______