Native American Societies BEFORE 1492 [APUSH Unit 1 Topic 2] 1.2

In this video Heimler brings you on a tour of the Americas before the Europeans showed up. On these continents, many different cultures lived in many different ways, mainly depending on their environment.

Some congregated in vast city-based empires like the Mayans, the Incans, and the Aztecs. Others were settled farmers. Still others were hunters and gatherers. And yet STILL others organized themselves into fishing villages near oceanic coasts.

They grew maize, engaged in vast trading networks, had complex governmental systems, and made use of agricultural technology like irrigation.

The point is, before the Europeans arrived, native Americans were not just a single kind of people: they were complicated and complex as societies.

If you have any questions on APUSH Unit 1 Topic 2 (1.2) then leave them below.

This video corresponds to the AP U.S. History Course and Exam Description (CED) for Unit 1 Topic 2, and the following Key Concepts are addressed: