COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In fact, by the time European adventurers arrived in the 15th century, scholars estimate that more than 50 million people were already living in the Americas. Of these, some 10 million lived in the area that would become the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -In doing so, authors calculated that about 60.5 million people lived in the Americas prior to European contact. Once Koch and his colleagues collated the before-and-after numbers, the conclusion was stark. Between 1492 and 1600, 90% of the indigenous populations in the Americas had died.
Detailed explanation-3: -The U.S. government officially recognizes 574 Indian tribes in the contiguous 48 states and Alaska.
Detailed explanation-4: -According to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, there are 574 nationally recognized Native American tribes. However, during the Pre-Columbian era, there were thought to be over 1, 000 Native American civilizations, all residing within what we would consider the United States today.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Native Americans occupied the continent before the Europeans arrived.