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1、河北省武邑中学2016届高考英语一轮复习Unit1Alandofdiversity导学案新人教版选修8NATIVEAMERICANSExactlywhenthefirstpeoplearrivedin1.________wenowknowasCalifornia,noonereallyknows.However,itislikelythatNativeAmericanswerelivinginCaliforniaatleastfifteenthousandyearsago.Scientistsbelievethatthesesettlerscrossedt
2、heBeringStraitintheArctictoAmericabymeansofalandbridge2.________existedinprehistorictimes.Inthe16thcentury,afterthe3.__________(arrive)oftheEuropeans,thenativepeoplesufferedgreatly.Thousandswerekilledorforcedintoslavery.Inaddition,manydiedfromthediseases4._________(bring)bytheEuro
3、peans.However,somesurvivedtheseterribletimes,andtodaythereare5.__________(many)NativeAmericanslivinginCaliforniathaninanyotherstate.THESPANISHInthe18thcenturyCaliforniawasruledbySpain.SpanishsoldiersfirstarrivedinSouthAmericaintheearly16thcentury,6._________theyfoughtagainstthenat
4、ivepeopleandtooktheirland.Twocenturieslater,theSpanishhadsettledinmostpartsofSouthAmericaandalongthenorthwestcoastof7.________wenowcalltheUnitedStates.OfthefirstSpanish8.________(go)toCalifornia,themajoritywerereligiousmen,whoseministrywastoteachheCatholicreligiontothenatives.In18
5、21,thepeopleofMexicogainedtheirindependencefromSpain.CaliforniathenbecamepartofMexico.In1846theUnitedStatesdeclaredwaronMexico,andafterthewarwonbytheUSA,MexicohadtogiveCaliforniatotheUSA.However,thereisstillastrongSpanishinfluenceinthestate.Thatiswhytodayover40%ofCaliforniansspeak
6、Spanish9._________afirstorsecondlanguage.RUSSIANSIntheearly1800s,RussianhunterswhohadoriginallygonetoAlaska,begansettlinginCalifornia.Todaythereareabout25000Russian-AmericanslivinginandaroundSanFrancisco.GOLDMINERSIn1848,notlongaftertheAmerican-Mexicanwar,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifo
7、rnia.Thedreamofbecomingrichquicklyattractedpeoplefromallovertheworld.Thenearest,andthereforethefirsttoarrive,wereSouthAmericansandpeoplefromtheUnitedStates.ThenadventurersfromEuropeanAsiasoonfollowed.Infact,fewachievedtheirdreamofbecomingrich.Somediedorreturnedhome,butmostremained
8、inCaliforniatomakealifeforthemsel
