Why were the native people in the American colonies called Indians?A.The Europeans felt the name described the people's appearance.B.They had recently immigrated from India in large numbers.C.They called themselves Indians, and the Europeans followed suit.D.Columbus believed that he had landed in India.

Although the idea of “America” today carries with it features and values of a modernized, technologically sophisticated society very remote from the life of continent’s aboriginal peoples, there exists some intriguing arguments for these people having been archetypically American.Like all subsequent inhabitants of North America, the Indians were immigrants.Second,...they were a mobile people.Finally, like Americans of later time, the Americans were extraordinarily varied in the cultures they developed...Because of this remarkable cultural and religious diversity stretched over both space and time, it is difficult to be both general and meaningful in discussing Native Americans.Williams, Peter W. America's Religions: Traditions and Cultures. Macmillan,1998 p. 3-4Which of the following statements BEST supports the author's argument about Pre-Columbian cultures?Elimination ToolSelect one answerANative American societies were economically isolated and tended not to trade with each other.BNative American societies often developed cultures that had characteristics dependent upon the nature of their specific geography.CNative American societies often developed complex writing systems.DNative American societies never waged war or conducted diplomacy with each other.

What did Columbus call the Native Americans, believing he was in Asia? Asians1Indians2Chinamen3Chinese4

The _____________ were among the earliest settlers in New England. a. Portuguese b. Indians (from India) c. Africans d. Pilgrims

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?American Indiansimmigrantspioneersno one

The first English settlers in North America believed that the Indians were _____.A.religiously inferiorB.culturally superiorC.racially inferiorD.all of the above