Cause<span> of the </span>earthquake<span>. </span>Haiti<span> lies right on the boundary of the Caribbean and North American plates. There was slippage along a conservative plate boundary that runs through </span>Haiti. On 12 January 2010<span>, a magnitude 7 </span>earthquake hit.<span> </span>
When Europeans discovered New Zealand<span>, they wondered about the origins of the Māori people. Captain James Cook noticed that Polynesians and Māori had similar appearances and cultures. He believed they had migrated from the islands of South-East Asia</span>
The Ice Age had a great effect on where people settled in americans since they were only able to reach North America through the Bering Land Bridge, which was only frozen due to the extremely low temperatures. Without this they would have had no way to leave Siberia.
