FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Detailed explanation-1: -What was the most important factor to the survival of the American Indians? The most important factor was the ability to use natural resources. What enabled American Indians to settle in permanent villages? Farming enabled American Indians to settle in permanent villages.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -What were some characteristics of American Indian cultures, and how and why did people move within the Americas prior to contact with Europeans? Indian cultures were hunters and gatherers. They also adopted agriculture as a way to have food. Many were also very good at fishing.