Pre-colonial Period

Question 1

Native Americans

Answer 1

First inhabitants of North Am : Native American

Indigenous

Coming from Asia

Mistakenly called Indians by the Europeans

Organized in tribes

Diverse economy : ranged from gathering fruits and wild plants to fishing and hunting + agriculture,farming and looting,raving

Native Am economies : altered by the arrival of the Europeans : business relations : fur trade, sale of firearms + alcohol

Question 2

Before the arrival of foreign settlers

Answer 2

Natives lived in different tribes + diff eco

Self-sufficient+ traded among themselves (barter)

Hunting animals : bison=he was the backbone
Meat=food
Furs and hides=clothing,shoes,shelter
Bones=tools

//bison pop declined with arrival colonists and settlers : 
Europeans brought diseases (own animals) + competition:kill greatest nb of bison (starve Indians )