The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards: Crash Course US History #1

What can we say about the native peoples of North America which would later become the U.S.?

• There were no classical (European) style civilizations.

• Native North Americans had no metal work, wheels, or written language.

• Native North Americans had no domesticated animals.

• All of these

Which of the following did Native North Americans have?

• Farming

• Complex political structures.

• Wide spread trade networks.

• All of these

As many ___ of 10 Native Americans were wiped out by the diseases brought by Europeans to the Americas?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

Which civilizations of Canyon dwellers in the American Southwest peaked before European exploration of the Americas?

• Zuni & Hopi Civilization

• Aztec Civilization

• Inca Civilization

• All of the above

The best known confederacy of Native Americans was the

• The Iroquois Confederacy

• The Cherokee Confederacy

• The Delaware Confederacy

• The Confederacy

Most Native groups in most places organized as tribes, and their lives were dominated by the natural resources available where they lived

• True

• False

Which group would have viewed lands as "a common resource that village leaders could assign families to use, but not to own, and most land was seen as common to everyone."

• Native Americans

• Europeans

• Spanish

Which of the following is NOT a notable difference between European society and Native North Americans?

• Natives were immune from greed and corruption.

• Native society was much more egalitarian.

• Native societies were often matrilineal

• Woman played a greater role in society with fewer restrictions on them.

Which group of Europeans were the first to explore what would later become part of the United States?

• The Spanish

• The English

• The French

• The Dutch

In what would become the United States where was Spain most successful in colonization?

• The Southwest

• Florida

• The Gulf Coast

• New England