Revision Questions
with the Americas via the Bering Land Bridge.
Atlantic maritime theory = One radical theory claims it is possible that the first
Americans didn't cross the Bering Land Bridge at all and didn't travel by foot, but
rather by boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Though the evidence for this theory is
minimal, proponents argue that the artifacts were developed by an earlier and still
more ancient European group, known as the Solutrean culture. This style bears an
uncanny resemblance to that of the Clovis tools found in the United States, which
could suggest that humans may have entered America from the east over a route that
has been dubbed the Atlantic Maritime route.
6. Different views on Columbus' importance in American history.
NEGATIVE: Christopher Columbus' reputation has not survived the scrutiny of history,
and today we know that he was no more the discoverer of America than Pocahontas was