1. Regarding Indigenous populations in the Americas before European contact, which statement is accurate?
2. Indigenous peoples of the Americas were characterized by which proposition?
3. Which comparison between many North American Indigenous peoples and the Aztec and Inca is accurate?
How many Indigenous people lived in the Americas before 1492?
Approximately 90 to 110 million.
How many Indigenous people lived in the area now called the United States before 1492?
Between 2 and 10 million.
Did Indigenous peoples of the Americas form one homogeneous population?
No, they formed numerous nations with different languages and cultures.
What distinguished many North American Indigenous peoples from the Aztec and Inca?
Many were semi-nomadic combining farming, hunting, and gathering, unlike the sedentary Aztec and Inca.
What types of Indigenous housing reflected regional environments?
Iroquois longhouse, Plains tipi, and Algonquin wigwam.
What type of society was the Aztec civilization?
A powerful, sedentary, agricultural, and highly organized society.
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