What was the land bridge? Where was it? What does it have to do with Washington State History?

Answer 1

The Bering Sea Land Bridge had connected Siberia with Alaska about 25,000 to 45,000 years ago during the last Ice Age in North America.

This land bridge allowed various animals to cross over into Alaska and down into North America and South America, and more importantly, it allowed humans following the animal herds to also cross thereby populating North and South America with the ancestors of the Indians.

Once the Ice Age ended about 24,000 years ago, all the ice melted raising the levels of the oceans and submerged the land bridge leaving behind the Bering Strait which now separates Russia and the USA.

But I have no clue what it has to do with Washington state history?

Answer 2

It's called the Bering Strait and it used to be a bridge between Asia and Alaska thousands of years ago.

It would have something to do with Washington State history because Native Americans lived there who were descended from the Asians that migrated across the huge land bridge.

Answer 3

The land bridge was between Russia and Alaska before the continents shifted and that area was flooded. What it had to do with Washington history was to allow a migrating population - animal and human - to that area - the people now considered native.

Answer 4

ditto to what mac said + what it has to do with washington state history is migration(people started to migrate south & naturally they finally reached Washington, 'cause they wanted to see Johnny Appleseed & a Mariner's Game & heard about our wonderful Starbuck's coffee).