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FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Read these sentences from the text.The consequences of European arrival to North America negatively affected the relationships even between Native American tribes from time to time. Native Americans were suddenly scrambling to share resources with whole new groups of people who had access to powerful weapons, technology to build sturdy buildings, and the ability to call for reinforcements from thousands of miles away.Based on this evidence, what conclusion can be drawn?
A
Native Americans had plenty of resources to share both with other tribes and with the European settlers.
B
Native Americans posed a greater threat to European settlers than the Europeans posed to Native Americans.
C
Native Americans faced the threat of war with the Europeans if they did not share their resources with the settlers.
D
Native Americans wanted to share their resources with the Europeans in order to gain access to weapons and building technology.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Native peoples of America had no immunity to the diseases that European explorers and colonists brought with them. Diseases such as smallpox, influenza, measles, and even chicken pox proved deadly to American Indians. Europeans were used to these diseases, but Indian people had no resistance to them.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Native Americans resented and resisted the colonists’ attempts to change them. Their refusal to conform to European culture angered the colonists and hostilities soon broke out between the two groups.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Effect of European Trade Goods on Native Americans The quality of their lives also improved because they became able to find or cultivate more food with the help of hunting and gathering as well as raising crops when using metal tools.

Detailed explanation-4: -In some cases, they perceived them as being divine, or at least spiritually powerful. Some used the newcomers as allies against old enemies. Others saw them as new enemies, to be grudgingly tolerated or strongly resisted. However, native peoples were quickly disillusioned by treachery or mistreatment at European hands.

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