Native American culture was extremely diverse, but many shared certain commonalities. This was especially true when compared to those European societies with whom they would later make contact. All the following statements are generally true about indigenous community structures except.

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1.Native American culture was extremely diverse, but many shared certain commonalities. This was especially true when compared to those European societies with whom they would later make contact.

All the following statements are generally true about indigenous community structures except.

A)Most indigenous communities are patrilineal.

  1. b) Most indigenous communities are matrilineal.
  2. c) Women in indigenous communities typically have a great deal of power.
  3. d) Kinship networks are a primary social bond in many indigenous communities.

  4. In 1542, the Dominican Friar Bartolomé de Las Casas, himself a former conquistador and enslaver, published a firsthand account of the atrocities committed against Native Americans in the New World in The Destruction of the Indies. Las Casas sparked a debate at the Spanish court that led to the enactment of reforms such as:
  5. a) The encomienda system.
  6. b) The repartimiento.
  7. c) A ban on Indian slavery.
  8. d) A ban on hereditary Indian slavery.

 

  1. Spanish imperial elites maintained an official commitment to "purity of blood" that placed the Peninsulars, or those born in Spain, above other groups. Despite this,
  2. a) colonial officials regularly allowed indigenous people to become priests.
  3. b) the colonial Church tolerated many indigenous religious practices in mining camps.
  4. c) the Spanish tolerated and, at times, encouraged interracial marriages.
  5. d) All of the above.

 

  1. Nineteenth century American scholars, naturalists, and travelers saw the great mound at Cahokia as a monumental achievement and attributed it to the work of:
  2. a) Ancient Greeks
  3. b) Vikings
  4. c) Chinese
  5. d) All the above
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