Which describes the first peoples who migrated to the Americas?
Bands of hunter-gatherers
What's the foundation for prosperous Native Americas societies in Mexico, Peru, & Mississippi River Valley?
The cultivation of maize
The Aztecs lived in present day
Mexico
Characteristics of the Aztec, Mayan, and Iroquois Civilization
Reliance on agriculture
Name for the European practice wherein the eldest son inherited nearly all of his father estate
Primogeniture
Describe trading relationships among Native Americans before the European contact
Native Americans developed expansive trade networks that spanned great distances
First European nation to explore the Atlantic as a route to Asia and the African trade
Portugal
John Calvin and Calvinist theologians of the 1500s?
The doctrine of predestination
Describe the impact of Columbian Exchange
Transported livestock, crops, and diseases among Africa, Europe, Asia, and America
What caused the decline of Indian population from 30 million in the 15th Century to 3 million by 1650?
Disease carried by Europeans
Why Columbus mentioned the American Indian's interest in glass beads and weapon?
Because it exemplified the very different worldview of American Indians
After Columbus's arrival in the West Indies, Spanish religion and Christian conversion were often used as a rationale to
Justify the subjugation of American Indians
The sentiments express by Columbus best support with future Spanish goal?
Attempting to change American Indian's beliefs and worldview
The Spanish and other Europeans justify the approach in the picture on basis of
White superiority