Unlike the Indian Societies of Central and South America,the Native

question 55

Multiple Choice

Unlike the Indian societies of Central and South America,the native peoples of North America

• A) were pacifists who opposed all warfare.
• B) aggressively exploited the land for agricultural development.
• C) lived in relatively scattered settlements without dense urban concentrations of population.
• D) practiced a universal system of patriarchal authority.
• E) had populations sufficiently large enough to make a dramatic impact on the land.

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