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The First Americans
HIST 3033
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Were Europeans accepted? | initially welcomed and helped by Native Americans |
| Native Americans | peoples who lived in the Western Hemisphere thousands of years before the arrival of the first Europeans |
| Mongoloid peoples, how did they get here? | migrated across a Bering Strait land bridge from Serbia perhaps 30,000 years ago |
| Native American cultures north of Mexico, example of... | Ranged from the early "mound builders" of the Ohio Valley to the "pueblo" cultures (Hopis, Anasazi) of the Southwest |
| Native American cultures north of Mexico, problems | technology had crucial gaps (use of iron, the wheel) |
| Europeans did what to the Native Americans | decimated Native populations withe diseases (small pox and measles) |
| Europeans did what the the Native American Economy | Native economies shaken by European trade |
| Europeans, were they changed by the Native Americans | Cultural diffusion occurred in both directions. (The diet changed in the European world by introducing corn,beans,and potatoes) |
| Europeans, did they co-mingle? | Indian-European mix(Mestizos)and Indian-African blending were common in Central and South America |
| Europeans did what to the Native Americans | Soon the NA were conquered, exploited, and sometimes enslaved |
| Mongoloid People did what? | gradually spreading over the western hemisphere |
| Mongoloid People, complex or not? | a great cultural diversity developed, including over 1,000 different languages |
| Native American cultures north of Mexico, did they or didn't they adapt? | showed remarkable adaptation "dry farming" and irrigation |
| Native American cultures north of Mexico, did they divide the work? | labor divided by gender(males-warfare and hunting)(women-raising children,etc) |
| Native American cultures north of Mexico, always have the same ideas? | Political disunity (Iroquois Confederacy was a notable exception)prevailed in inter-tribal warfare was common |
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