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Reading Comprehension Questions
We understand that even before the Europeans had set foot onto the Americas the
Native Americans had their own conflicts with each other. They where constantly at
war with each other when their paths met. Which can lead us to understand that
they would want as much people to help them defeat other enemy tribes.
10. Compare the population figures of the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
We know that at the time Asia was possibly the most populated Continent at the
time. It had a population of about 200 million. Next in line you had Europes
population which was about up to possibly 70 million, the thins is that the Americas
had an estimated amount of 100 million which was possibly as largeor slightly
larger than the population in both Africa and Europe.
The Pueblo People of the Southwest
11. How did the Pueblo and Hopi manipulate their environment?
The Pueblo Hopi people manipulated their environment by digging canals and dams
that would allow water to flourish in the dry climate that they inhabited which
allowed for irrigation of enough crops to to be grown.
The Tribes of the Mississippi Valley
12. Describe two similarities among tribes that spread out over the eastern United
States after the decline of Cahokia.
After the decline among the tribes that spread out over the eastern United states is
that their settle ments where much reduced and only about 500 and 2,000 people
where part of the tribes. The second similarity between all of the tribes is that due
to the climate it became harder to grow crops and even more dangerous to hunt do
to enemy tribes.
The Pacific CoastFrom Shasta to the California Indians
13. Despite their large numbers what difference was noted between the Pacific
Coast tribes and those of similar size south of the Rio Grande?
One difference that was noted is that both tribes, because of their geographical
location did not have to worry about cultivating crops because there was a diversity
of resources to their advantage in the location there-fore their economy consisted of
fishing, gathering wild plants and hunting.
The Iroquois Confederacy and the Tribes of the Atlantic Coast
14. Describe two characteristics noted about the Iroquois that were not common
among the tribes already mentioned.
One characteristic that was not heard of by the other tribes is that the Iroquois
where mainly ruled by women who chose the male leaders which would choose the
Sachems which would lead in war and where accountable to clans. The second
characteristic is that the Iroquois had a peacemaker called Dekanawida which would
convince enemy tribes to live in peace with them under a law called Great Law of
Peace.
The Aztec, Mayan, and Inca Empires
15. Compare the Aztecs, Mayas, and Incas. Identify at least one similarity and one
difference.
One similarity is between the Aztecs, Mayas, and the Incas is that all three practiced
human sacrifice for the cause of their religion. One difference is that the Mayas
where the oldest Indians at the time, they existed before the Aztecs and the Incas,
and where the only culture to develop a written language and mathematics at the
time and Calendar which would tell them about the future.
American Indian Cultures, Trade, and Initial Encounters with Europeans
16. Explain the general understanding of historians that explains why there was no
unified Native resistance to Europeans.
There was not any unified resistance toward the Europeans because the Native
Americans did not see them as a threat. They thought that the Europeans where
more of an ally which they could use to fight against other enemy Native American
tribes.
would take years to do since it left devastating issues such as fields and homes that
where abandoned. The second biggest influence was the Catholic Christian church
in which the people had to abide by. The church for them was both their
government and religion.
The Ottoman Empire Changes Eastern Europe
19. Support this statement, The Ottomans were responsible for the age of
discovery.
The Ottomans were responsible for the age of discovery because when they arrived
and conquered Constantinople in 1453 they prohibited trade across the
Mediterranean which caused people to think of ways in which they would be able to
trade with other countries and not get into any trouble with the Ottomans. Thus the
people crossed the oceans looking for new routes to trade with Asia.
The Rise of Portuguese Exploration
20. What was ironic about Prince Henrys title as The Navigator?
What was ironic about Prince Henrys title as The Navigator is that he only
commanded a Portuguese fleet but for the majority of his life he stayed in his castle.
What he did do was organized a series of expeditions in 1424 which he did not
travel on to sail down to Africa.
all Jews from Spain for uniformity and hired Columbus to try to find a new route to
Asia that would different from the African and Portugal routes.
of the resources they had since building ships that would constantly be lost or
wrecked took up too much wood which cleared a lot of land. Thus, in 1424 the New
Emperor Zhu Gaozhi hindered the voyages to focus on their culture and to grow and
prosper from what they had. Consequently, thats why they where not part of the
age of discovery.