Post by Theropod on May 19, 2014 16:29:54 GMT
Name: United States of America
Size: 9,826,675km²
Location: Milky Way Galaxy, Solar System, Earth, North American continent
Normal Temperature Range: 17.1°C (Average High Temperature); 9.6C° (Average Low Temperature); 11.5°C (Annual Average)
Usual Weather: Sunny/Partly cloudy
Interesting Facts/Landmarks: Grand Canyon (Arizona)
Origin/History: The first North American settlers migrated from Siberia by way of the Bering land bridge approximately 15,000 or more years ago. Some, such as the pre-Columbian Mississippian culture, developed advanced agriculture, grand architecture, and state-level societies. After European explorers and traders made the first contacts, the native population declined due to various reasons, including diseases such as smallpox and measles, intermarriage, and violence.
In the early days of colonization many settlers were subject to shortages of food, disease and attacks from Native Americans. Native Americans were also often at war with neighboring tribes and allied with Europeans in their colonial wars. At the same time however many natives and settlers came to depend on each other. Settlers traded for food and animal pelts, natives for guns, ammunition and other European wares. Natives taught many settlers where, when and how to cultivate corn, beans and squash in the frontier. European missionaries and others felt it was important to "civilize" the Indians and urged them to concentrate on farming and ranching without depending on hunting and gathering.
Population: 313.9 million