1.6 Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, N.A. and Africans Q

What were the divergent worldviews between Europeans and Native Americans regarding?

• Religion, gender roles, family, land use, and power

• Technology, architecture, and clothing

• Language, education, and trade

• Agriculture, transportation, and communication

How did Europeans perceive Native Americans in terms of their religion?

• As monotheistic and advanced

• As animistic and polytheistic

• As atheistic and primitive

• As monotheistic and primitive

What was the European view on Native American land use?

• They believed in communal land ownership

• They did not ascribe to the belief in land ownership

• They had advanced agricultural techniques

• They had sophisticated land management systems

What was the division of labor among Native Americans?

• Men hunted while women farmed

• Women hunted while men farmed

• Both men and women hunted and farmed equally

• Men and women had no specific roles

How did Europeans view indigenous clothing, architecture, weapons, and technologies?

• As advanced and superior

• As primitive, unintelligent, and inferior

• As equal to their own

• As innovative and superior

What farming method did Native Americans adopt from Europeans?

• Crop rotation

• The Three Sisters farming method

• Terrace farming

• Slash and burn agriculture

What was a common result of interactions between Europeans and Native Americans?

• Complete assimilation of Native Americans into European culture

• Mutual misunderstandings and some useful cultural exchanges

• Total rejection of European culture by Native Americans

• Complete isolation of Native Americans from Europeans

What was the primary method of religious conversion used by Europeans in the Spanish Empire?

• Voluntary conversion

• Forced conversion to Catholicism

• Conversion to Protestantism

• Conversion to Islam

What did Bartolomé de las Casas argue regarding Native Americans?

• They were naturally inferior and should be enslaved

• They were Christians and shouldn’t be treated as slaves

• They should be isolated from Europeans

• They should be converted to Protestantism

What alternative did Bartolomé de las Casas propose instead of enslaving Native Americans?

• Using European labor

• Using African labor

• Using Asian labor

• Using indentured servants