USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What factor had the largest influence on the culture of the different Native American groups?
A
the number of people in the tribe
B
the life expectancy of the tribe members
C
the individual leader for each tribe
D
the environment where the tribe lived
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following had the greatest impact on influencing Native American culture? Question 1 Explanation: Nearly every aspect of Native American life centered on the dependence upon the environment. Native Americans depended upon the world around them for the food and resources necessary to survive.

Detailed explanation-2: -The environment also affected the Indians shelter in many ways. Depending on where they lived, the Indian tribes had different ways of protecting themselves from the elements using the available resources, and different designs for the general climate.

Detailed explanation-3: -Why did Native American cultural groups develop such diverse cultures? Because the geography of the various regions were different, life in those regions became different. Separate and unique cultures developed. For example, shelter was built using materials from surroundings.

Detailed explanation-4: -While epidemic disease was by far the leading cause of the population decline of the American indigenous peoples after 1492, there were other contributing factors, all of them related to European contact and colonization. One of these factors was warfare.

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