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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The data indicate that the individual was from a population directly ancestral to present South American and Central American Native American populations, and closely related to present North American Native American populations. The implication is that there was an early divergence between North American and Central A...
What does the data indicate about the population the individual was from?
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context-420_7_0.mp3
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Brian
The data indicate that the individual was from a population directly ancestral to present South American and Central American Native American populations, and closely related to present North American Native American populations.
The data indicate that the individual was from a population directly ancestral to present South American and Central American Native American populations, and closely related to present North American Native American populations.
question-420_7_0.mp3
22,050
Kendra
What does the data indicate about the population the individual was from?
57312a93e6313a140071ccaf
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The data indicate that the individual was from a population directly ancestral to present South American and Central American Native American populations, and closely related to present North American Native American populations. The implication is that there was an early divergence between North American and Central A...
What populations is the individual closely related to?
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Brian
The data indicate that the individual was from a population directly ancestral to present South American and Central American Native American populations, and closely related to present North American Native American populations.
The data indicate that the individual was from a population directly ancestral to present South American and Central American Native American populations, and closely related to present North American Native American populations.
question-420_7_1.mp3
22,050
Ivy
What populations is the individual closely related to?
57312a93e6313a140071ccb0
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The data indicate that the individual was from a population directly ancestral to present South American and Central American Native American populations, and closely related to present North American Native American populations. The implication is that there was an early divergence between North American and Central A...
What type of divergence is implicated to have occurred between North American and South American populations?
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Brian
The implication is that there was an early divergence between North American and Central American plus South American populations.
The implication is that there was an early divergence between North American and Central American plus South American populations.
question-420_7_2.mp3
22,050
Ivy
What type of divergence is implicated to have occurred between North American and South American populations?
57312a93e6313a140071ccb1
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The data indicate that the individual was from a population directly ancestral to present South American and Central American Native American populations, and closely related to present North American Native American populations. The implication is that there was an early divergence between North American and Central A...
Theories that there were invasions which overwhelmed or assimilated previous migrants into the Americas have been what?
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Brian
Hypotheses which posit that invasions subsequent to the Clovis culture overwhelmed or assimilated previous migrants into the Americas were ruled out.
Hypotheses which posit that invasions subsequent to the Clovis culture overwhelmed or assimilated previous migrants into the Americas were ruled out.
question-420_7_3.mp3
22,050
Kimberly
Theories that there were invasions which overwhelmed or assimilated previous migrants into the Americas have been what?
57312b61e6313a140071ccb6
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
While technically referring to the era before Christopher Columbus' voyages of 1492 to 1504, in practice the term usually includes the history of American indigenous cultures until Europeans either conquered or significantly influenced them, even if this happened decades or even centuries after Columbus' initial landin...
The term Pre-Columbian technically refers to which era?
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Kimberly
While technically referring to the era before Christopher Columbus' voyages of 1492 to 1504, in practice the term usually includes the history of American indigenous cultures until Europeans either conquered or significantly influenced them, even if this happened decades or even centuries after Columbus' initial landin...
While technically referring to the era before Christopher Columbus' voyages of fourteen ninety-two to fifteen oh four, in practice the term usually includes the history of American indigenous cultures until Europeans either conquered or significantly influenced them, even if this happened decades or even centuries afte...
question-420_8_0.mp3
22,050
Kendra
The term Pre-Columbian technically refers to which era?
57312b61e6313a140071ccb7
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
While technically referring to the era before Christopher Columbus' voyages of 1492 to 1504, in practice the term usually includes the history of American indigenous cultures until Europeans either conquered or significantly influenced them, even if this happened decades or even centuries after Columbus' initial landin...
When was Columbus' first voyage?
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Kimberly
While technically referring to the era before Christopher Columbus' voyages of 1492 to 1504, in practice the term usually includes the history of American indigenous cultures until Europeans either conquered or significantly influenced them, even if this happened decades or even centuries after Columbus' initial landin...
While technically referring to the era before Christopher Columbus' voyages of fourteen ninety-two to fifteen oh four, in practice the term usually includes the history of American indigenous cultures until Europeans either conquered or significantly influenced them, even if this happened decades or even centuries afte...
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22,050
Kevin
When was Columbus' first voyage?
57312b61e6313a140071ccb8
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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In practice, Pre-Columbian refers to the history of the indigenous cultures of America prior to Europeans doing what to them?
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Kimberly
While technically referring to the era before Christopher Columbus' voyages of 1492 to 1504, in practice the term usually includes the history of American indigenous cultures until Europeans either conquered or significantly influenced them, even if this happened decades or even centuries after Columbus' initial landin...
While technically referring to the era before Christopher Columbus' voyages of fourteen ninety-two to fifteen oh four, in practice the term usually includes the history of American indigenous cultures until Europeans either conquered or significantly influenced them, even if this happened decades or even centuries afte...
question-420_8_2.mp3
22,050
Olivia
In practice, Pre-Columbian refers to the history of the indigenous cultures of America prior to Europeans doing what to them?
57312b61e6313a140071ccb9
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
While technically referring to the era before Christopher Columbus' voyages of 1492 to 1504, in practice the term usually includes the history of American indigenous cultures until Europeans either conquered or significantly influenced them, even if this happened decades or even centuries after Columbus' initial landin...
What term is used most often when discussing the great civilizations of the Americas?
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Kimberly
"Pre-Columbian" is used especially often in the context of discussing the great indigenous civilizations of the Americas, such as those of Mesoamerica (the Olmec, the Toltec, the Teotihuacano, the Zapotec, the Mixtec, the Aztec, and the Maya civilizations) and those of the Andes (Inca Empire, Moche culture, Muisca Conf...
"Pre-Columbian" is used especially often in the context of discussing the great indigenous civilizations of the Americas, such as those of Mesoamerica (the Olmec, the Toltec, the Teotihuacano, the Zapotec, the Mixtec, the Aztec, and the Maya civilizations) and those of the Andes (Inca Empire, Moche culture, Muisca Conf...
question-420_8_3.mp3
22,050
Brian
What term is used most often when discussing the great civilizations of the Americas?
57312b61e6313a140071ccba
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
While technically referring to the era before Christopher Columbus' voyages of 1492 to 1504, in practice the term usually includes the history of American indigenous cultures until Europeans either conquered or significantly influenced them, even if this happened decades or even centuries after Columbus' initial landin...
What area of the Americas did the Inca Empire, Moche culture and Muisca confederation hail from?
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context-420_8_1.mp3
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Kimberly
"Pre-Columbian" is used especially often in the context of discussing the great indigenous civilizations of the Americas, such as those of Mesoamerica (the Olmec, the Toltec, the Teotihuacano, the Zapotec, the Mixtec, the Aztec, and the Maya civilizations) and those of the Andes (Inca Empire, Moche culture, Muisca Conf...
"Pre-Columbian" is used especially often in the context of discussing the great indigenous civilizations of the Americas, such as those of Mesoamerica (the Olmec, the Toltec, the Teotihuacano, the Zapotec, the Mixtec, the Aztec, and the Maya civilizations) and those of the Andes (Inca Empire, Moche culture, Muisca Conf...
question-420_8_4.mp3
22,050
Kendra
What area of the Americas did the Inca Empire, Moche culture and Muisca confederation hail from?
57312c7b05b4da19006bce40
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Many pre-Columbian civilizations established characteristics and hallmarks which included permanent or urban settlements, agriculture, civic and monumental architecture, and complex societal hierarchies. Some of these civilizations had long faded by the time of the first significant European and African arrivals (ca. l...
Urban settlements and complex societal hierarchies are just some of the hallmarks established by which civilizations?
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Olivia
Many pre-Columbian civilizations established characteristics and hallmarks which included permanent or urban settlements, agriculture, civic and monumental architecture, and complex societal hierarchies.
Many pre-Columbian civilizations established characteristics and hallmarks which included permanent or urban settlements, agriculture, civic and monumental architecture, and complex societal hierarchies.
question-420_9_0.mp3
22,050
Kevin
Urban settlements and complex societal hierarchies are just some of the hallmarks established by which civilizations?
57312c7b05b4da19006bce41
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Many pre-Columbian civilizations established characteristics and hallmarks which included permanent or urban settlements, agriculture, civic and monumental architecture, and complex societal hierarchies. Some of these civilizations had long faded by the time of the first significant European and African arrivals (ca. l...
What had long faded prior to the first European and African arrivals?
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Olivia
Some of these civilizations had long faded by the time of the first significant European and African arrivals (ca.
Some of these civilizations had long faded by the time of the first significant European and African arrivals (ca.
question-420_9_1.mp3
22,050
Kevin
What had long faded prior to the first European and African arrivals?
57312c7b05b4da19006bce42
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Many pre-Columbian civilizations established characteristics and hallmarks which included permanent or urban settlements, agriculture, civic and monumental architecture, and complex societal hierarchies. Some of these civilizations had long faded by the time of the first significant European and African arrivals (ca. l...
How do we know about some of the civilizations that were gone by the time of European arrival?
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Olivia
late 15th–early 16th centuries), and are known only through oral history and through archaeological investigations.
late fifteenth-early sixteenth centuries), and are known only through oral history and through archaeological investigations.
question-420_9_2.mp3
22,050
Kimberly
How do we know about some of the civilizations that were gone by the time of European arrival?
57312c7b05b4da19006bce43
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Many pre-Columbian civilizations established characteristics and hallmarks which included permanent or urban settlements, agriculture, civic and monumental architecture, and complex societal hierarchies. Some of these civilizations had long faded by the time of the first significant European and African arrivals (ca. l...
What did European colonists destroy on their pyres?
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Olivia
However, the European colonists of the time worked to eliminate non-Christian beliefs, and Christian pyres destroyed many pre-Columbian written records.
However, the European colonists of the time worked to eliminate non-Christian beliefs, and Christian pyres destroyed many pre-Columbian written records.
question-420_9_3.mp3
22,050
Brian
What did European colonists destroy on their pyres?
57312c7b05b4da19006bce44
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Many pre-Columbian civilizations established characteristics and hallmarks which included permanent or urban settlements, agriculture, civic and monumental architecture, and complex societal hierarchies. Some of these civilizations had long faded by the time of the first significant European and African arrivals (ca. l...
What gave today's historians a glimpse of the culture and knowledge of the indigenous civilizations?
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Olivia
Only a few documents remained hidden and survived, leaving contemporary historians with glimpses of ancient culture and knowledge.
Only a few documents remained hidden and survived, leaving contemporary historians with glimpses of ancient culture and knowledge.
question-420_9_4.mp3
22,050
Olivia
What gave today's historians a glimpse of the culture and knowledge of the indigenous civilizations?
57312cffa5e9cc1400cdbcc1
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
According to both indigenous American and European accounts and documents, American civilizations at the time of European encounter had achieved many accomplishments. For instance, the Aztecs built one of the largest cities in the world, Tenochtitlan, the ancient site of Mexico City, with an estimated population of 200...
What had the civilizations in the Americas achieved by the time the Europeans encountered them?
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22,050
Olivia
According to both indigenous American and European accounts and documents, American civilizations at the time of European encounter had achieved many accomplishments.
According to both indigenous American and European accounts and documents, American civilizations at the time of European encounter had achieved many accomplishments.
question-420_10_0.mp3
22,050
Amy
What had the civilizations in the Americas achieved by the time the Europeans encountered them?
57312cffa5e9cc1400cdbcc2
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
According to both indigenous American and European accounts and documents, American civilizations at the time of European encounter had achieved many accomplishments. For instance, the Aztecs built one of the largest cities in the world, Tenochtitlan, the ancient site of Mexico City, with an estimated population of 200...
What had the Aztec civilization constructed?
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Olivia
For instance, the Aztecs built one of the largest cities in the world, Tenochtitlan, the ancient site of Mexico City, with an estimated population of 200,000.
For instance, the Aztecs built one of the largest cities in the world, Tenochtitlan, the ancient site of Mexico City, with an estimated population of two hundred thousand.
question-420_10_1.mp3
22,050
Ivy
What had the Aztec civilization constructed?
57312cffa5e9cc1400cdbcc3
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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How big was the population of the Aztec cit of Tenochtitlan?
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Olivia
For instance, the Aztecs built one of the largest cities in the world, Tenochtitlan, the ancient site of Mexico City, with an estimated population of 200,000.
For instance, the Aztecs built one of the largest cities in the world, Tenochtitlan, the ancient site of Mexico City, with an estimated population of two hundred thousand.
question-420_10_2.mp3
22,050
Joey
How big was the population of the Aztec cit of Tenochtitlan?
57312cffa5e9cc1400cdbcc4
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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Astronomy and mathematics were also accomplishments of which civilizations?
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Olivia
American civilizations also displayed impressive accomplishments in astronomy and mathematics.
American civilizations also displayed impressive accomplishments in astronomy and mathematics.
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22,050
Brian
Astronomy and mathematics were also accomplishments of which civilizations?
57312cffa5e9cc1400cdbcc5
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
According to both indigenous American and European accounts and documents, American civilizations at the time of European encounter had achieved many accomplishments. For instance, the Aztecs built one of the largest cities in the world, Tenochtitlan, the ancient site of Mexico City, with an estimated population of 200...
How many years of selective breeding did it take to domesticate maize?
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Olivia
The domestication of maize or corn required thousands of years of selective breeding.
The domestication of maize or corn required thousands of years of selective breeding.
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22,050
Justin
How many years of selective breeding did it take to domesticate maize?
57313386e6313a140071cd02
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the peoples of the continents. Although the exact pre-contact population of the Americas is unknown, scholars estimate that Native American populations diminished by between 80 and 90% within the first centuries of contact with European...
What did the European colonization forever change?
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Justin
The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the peoples of the continents.
The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the peoples of the continents.
question-420_11_0.mp3
22,050
Kendra
What did the European colonization forever change?
57313386e6313a140071cd03
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the peoples of the continents. Although the exact pre-contact population of the Americas is unknown, scholars estimate that Native American populations diminished by between 80 and 90% within the first centuries of contact with European...
How much did the population of the Americas decrease after first contact with the Europeans?
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Justin
Although the exact pre-contact population of the Americas is unknown, scholars estimate that Native American populations diminished by between 80 and 90% within the first centuries of contact with Europeans.
Although the exact pre-contact population of the Americas is unknown, scholars estimate that Native American populations diminished by between eighty and ninety percent within the first centuries of contact with Europeans.
question-420_11_1.mp3
22,050
Kevin
How much did the population of the Americas decrease after first contact with the Europeans?
57313386e6313a140071cd04
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the peoples of the continents. Although the exact pre-contact population of the Americas is unknown, scholars estimate that Native American populations diminished by between 80 and 90% within the first centuries of contact with European...
What was the leading cause of death for the native population after European contact?
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Justin
The leading cause was disease.
The leading cause was disease.
question-420_11_2.mp3
22,050
Olivia
What was the leading cause of death for the native population after European contact?
57313386e6313a140071cd05
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the peoples of the continents. Although the exact pre-contact population of the Americas is unknown, scholars estimate that Native American populations diminished by between 80 and 90% within the first centuries of contact with European...
What triad of disease epidemics ravaged the American continent?
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Justin
The continent was ravaged by epidemics of diseases such as smallpox, measles, and cholera, which were brought from Europe by the early explorers and spread quickly into new areas even before later explorers and colonists reached them.
The continent was ravaged by epidemics of diseases such as smallpox, measles, and cholera, which were brought from Europe by the early explorers and spread quickly into new areas even before later explorers and colonists reached them.
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Kendra
What triad of disease epidemics ravaged the American continent?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the peoples of the continents. Although the exact pre-contact population of the Americas is unknown, scholars estimate that Native American populations diminished by between 80 and 90% within the first centuries of contact with European...
Why did Native Americans suffer such high mortality rates to the diseases?
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Justin
Native Americans suffered high mortality rates due to their lack of prior exposure to these diseases.
Native Americans suffered high mortality rates due to their lack of prior exposure to these diseases.
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Kimberly
Why did Native Americans suffer such high mortality rates to the diseases?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The first indigenous group encountered by Columbus were the 250,000 Taínos of Hispaniola who represented the dominant culture in the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas. Within thirty years about 70% of the Taínos had died. They had no immunity to European diseases, so outbreaks of measles and smallpox ravaged their popul...
Who was the first group of indigenous people Columbus encountered?
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Emma
The first indigenous group encountered by Columbus were the 250,000 Taínos of Hispaniola who represented the dominant culture in the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas.
The first indigenous group encountered by Columbus were the two hundred fifty thousand Tainos of Hispaniola who represented the dominant culture in the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas.
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Emma
Who was the first group of indigenous people Columbus encountered?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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What did the Taínos represent in the Greater Antilles and Bahamas?
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Emma
The first indigenous group encountered by Columbus were the 250,000 Taínos of Hispaniola who represented the dominant culture in the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas.
The first indigenous group encountered by Columbus were the two hundred fifty thousand Tainos of Hispaniola who represented the dominant culture in the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas.
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Olivia
What did the Tainos represent in the Greater Antilles and Bahamas?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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What percentage of the Taínos were dead thirty years after contact with Columbus?
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Emma
Within thirty years about 70% of the Taínos had died.
Within thirty years about seventy percent of the Tainos had died.
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Joey
What percentage of the Tainos were dead thirty years after contact with Columbus?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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Why were outbreaks of measles and smallpox able to so easily decimate the Taínos' population?
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Emma
They had no immunity to European diseases, so outbreaks of measles and smallpox ravaged their population.
They had no immunity to European diseases, so outbreaks of measles and smallpox ravaged their population.
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Brian
Why were outbreaks of measles and smallpox able to so easily decimate the Tainos' population?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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What led to the last great Taínos rebellion?
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Emma
Increasing punishment of the Taínos for revolting against forced labour, despite measures put in place by the encomienda, which included religious education and protection from warring tribes, eventually led to the last great Taíno rebellion.
Increasing punishment of the Tainos for revolting against forced labour, despite measures put in place by the encomienda, which included religious education and protection from warring tribes, eventually led to the last great Taino rebellion.
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Kevin
What led to the last great Tainos rebellion?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Following years of mistreatment, the Taínos began to adopt suicidal behaviors, with women aborting or killing their infants and men jumping from the cliffs or ingesting untreated cassava, a violent poison. Eventually, a Taíno Cacique named Enriquillo managed to hold out in the Baoruco Mountain Range for thirteen years,...
What behaviors did the Taínos begin to adopt after years of mistreatment?
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Justin
Following years of mistreatment, the Taínos began to adopt suicidal behaviors, with women aborting or killing their infants and men jumping from the cliffs or ingesting untreated cassava, a violent poison.
Following years of mistreatment, the Tainos began to adopt suicidal behaviors, with women aborting or killing their infants and men jumping from the cliffs or ingesting untreated cassava, a violent poison.
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Brian
What behaviors did the Tainos begin to adopt after years of mistreatment?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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What did Taínos women start doing to their infants?
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Justin
Following years of mistreatment, the Taínos began to adopt suicidal behaviors, with women aborting or killing their infants and men jumping from the cliffs or ingesting untreated cassava, a violent poison.
Following years of mistreatment, the Tainos began to adopt suicidal behaviors, with women aborting or killing their infants and men jumping from the cliffs or ingesting untreated cassava, a violent poison.
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Joey
What did Tainos women start doing to their infants?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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Why would ingesting untreated cassava be a bad idea?
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Justin
Following years of mistreatment, the Taínos began to adopt suicidal behaviors, with women aborting or killing their infants and men jumping from the cliffs or ingesting untreated cassava, a violent poison.
Following years of mistreatment, the Tainos began to adopt suicidal behaviors, with women aborting or killing their infants and men jumping from the cliffs or ingesting untreated cassava, a violent poison.
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Salli
Why would ingesting untreated cassava be a bad idea?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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Who was sent to negotiate a peace treaty with the rebels?
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Justin
Hearing of the seriousness of the revolt, Emperor Charles V (also King of Spain) sent captain Francisco Barrionuevo to negotiate a peace treaty with the ever-increasing number of rebels.
Hearing of the seriousness of the revolt, Emperor Charles V (also King of Spain) sent captain Francisco Barrionuevo to negotiate a peace treaty with the ever-increasing number of rebels.
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Joanna
Who was sent to negotiate a peace treaty with the rebels?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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How many years was a Taínos Cacique able to hold ou in the Baoruco Mountain Range?
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Justin
Eventually, a Taíno Cacique named Enriquillo managed to hold out in the Baoruco Mountain Range for thirteen years, causing serious damage to the Spanish, Carib-held plantations and their Indian auxiliaries.
Eventually, a Taino Cacique named Enriquillo managed to hold out in the Baoruco Mountain Range for thirteen years, causing serious damage to the Spanish, Carib-held plantations and their Indian auxiliaries.
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22,050
Kendra
How many years was a Tainos Cacique able to hold ou in the Baoruco Mountain Range?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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What was the overwhelming reason for the decline of Native American populations?
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Brian
Scholars now believe that, among the various contributing factors, epidemic disease was the overwhelming cause of the population decline of the American natives.
Scholars now believe that, among the various contributing factors, epidemic disease was the overwhelming cause of the population decline of the American natives.
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Ivy
What was the overwhelming reason for the decline of Native American populations?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Various theories for the decline of the Native American populations emphasize epidemic diseases, conflicts with Europeans, and conflicts among warring tribes. Scholars now believe that, among the various contributing factors, epidemic disease was the overwhelming cause of the population decline of the American natives....
Old World diseases accounted for up to what percentage of deaths among the native New World population?
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Brian
Some believe that after first contacts with Europeans and Africans, Old World diseases caused the death of 90 to 95% of the native population of the New World in the following 150 years.
Some believe that after first contacts with Europeans and Africans, Old World diseases caused the death of ninety to ninety-five percent of the native population of the New World in the following one hundred fifty years.
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Matthew
Old World diseases accounted for up to what percentage of deaths among the native New World population?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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How long did it take for the Old World diseases to decimate the native population to the extent it did?
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Brian
Some believe that after first contacts with Europeans and Africans, Old World diseases caused the death of 90 to 95% of the native population of the New World in the following 150 years.
Some believe that after first contacts with Europeans and Africans, Old World diseases caused the death of ninety to ninety-five percent of the native population of the New World in the following one hundred fifty years.
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Kendra
How long did it take for the Old World diseases to decimate the native population to the extent it did?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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What disease killed almost a third of the population of Hispaniola in 1518?
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Brian
Smallpox killed up to one third of the native population of Hispaniola in 1518.
Smallpox killed up to one third of the native population of Hispaniola in fifteen eighteen.
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Kimberly
What disease killed almost a third of the population of Hispaniola in fifteen eighteen?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Various theories for the decline of the Native American populations emphasize epidemic diseases, conflicts with Europeans, and conflicts among warring tribes. Scholars now believe that, among the various contributing factors, epidemic disease was the overwhelming cause of the population decline of the American natives....
How did smallpox cause the Inca Civil War?
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Brian
By killing the Incan ruler Huayna Capac, smallpox caused the Inca Civil War.
By killing the Incan ruler Huayna Capac, smallpox caused the Inca Civil War.
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Kendra
How did smallpox cause the Inca Civil War?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Contact with European diseases such as smallpox and measles killed between 50 and 67 per cent of the Aboriginal population of North America in the first hundred years after the arrival of Europeans. Some 90 per cent of the native population near Massachusetts Bay Colony died of smallpox in an epidemic in 1617–1619. In ...
What percent of the Aboriginal population of North America was killed in the first hundred years after first contact by smallpox and measles?
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Amy
Contact with European diseases such as smallpox and measles killed between 50 and 67 per cent of the Aboriginal population of North America in the first hundred years after the arrival of Europeans.
Contact with European diseases such as smallpox and measles killed between fifty and sixty-seven per cent of the Aboriginal population of North America in the first hundred years after the arrival of Europeans.
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22,050
Ivy
What percent of the Aboriginal population of North America was killed in the first hundred years after first contact by smallpox and measles?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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How much of the native population near Massachusetts was killed by smallpox in the epidemic between 1617 and 1619?
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Amy
Some 90 per cent of the native population near Massachusetts Bay Colony died of smallpox in an epidemic in 1617–1619.
Some ninety per cent of the native population near Massachusetts Bay Colony died of smallpox in an epidemic in sixteen seventeen-sixteen nineteen.
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Kevin
How much of the native population near Massachusetts was killed by smallpox in the epidemic between sixteen seventeen and sixteen nineteen?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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Who were the Native Americans exposed to smallpox because of?
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Amy
In 1633, in Plymouth, the Native Americans there were exposed to smallpox because of contact with Europeans.
In sixteen thirty-three, in Plymouth, the Native Americans there were exposed to smallpox because of contact with Europeans.
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22,050
Kevin
Who were the Native Americans exposed to smallpox because of?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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When did smallpox read the lands of the Iroquois?
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Amy
It reached Lake Ontario in 1636, and the lands of the Iroquois by 1679.
It reached Lake Ontario in sixteen thirty-six, and the lands of the Iroquois by sixteen seventy-nine.
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22,050
Kimberly
When did smallpox read the lands of the Iroquois?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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What did the Indian Vaccination Act of 1832 establish?
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Amy
In 1832, the federal government of the United States established a smallpox vaccination program for Native Americans (The Indian Vaccination Act of 1832).
In eighteen thirty-two, the federal government of the United States established a smallpox vaccination program for Native Americans (The Indian Vaccination Act of eighteen thirty-two).
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22,050
Emma
What did the Indian Vaccination Act of eighteen thirty-two establish?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The Spanish Empire and other Europeans brought horses to the Americas. Some of these animals escaped and began to breed and increase their numbers in the wild. The re-introduction of the horse, extinct in the Americas for over 7500 years, had a profound impact on Native American culture in the Great Plains of North Ame...
What Empire brought horses to the Americas?
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Amy
The Spanish Empire and other Europeans brought horses to the Americas.
The Spanish Empire and other Europeans brought horses to the Americas.
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22,050
Kimberly
What Empire brought horses to the Americas?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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What kind of impact did the re-emergence of horses have on some Native American cultures?
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The re-introduction of the horse, extinct in the Americas for over 7500 years, had a profound impact on Native American culture in the Great Plains of North America and of Patagonia in South America.
The re-introduction of the horse, extinct in the Americas for over seven thousand, five hundred years, had a profound impact on Native American culture in the Great Plains of North America and of Patagonia in South America.
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Matthew
What kind of impact did the re-emergence of horses have on some Native American cultures?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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How long had horses been extinct in the Americas prior to their re-introduction?
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Amy
The re-introduction of the horse, extinct in the Americas for over 7500 years, had a profound impact on Native American culture in the Great Plains of North America and of Patagonia in South America.
The re-introduction of the horse, extinct in the Americas for over seven thousand, five hundred years, had a profound impact on Native American culture in the Great Plains of North America and of Patagonia in South America.
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Amy
How long had horses been extinct in the Americas prior to their re-introduction?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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What did some tribes achieve by domesticating horses?
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Amy
By domesticating horses, some tribes had great success: horses enabled them to expand their territories, exchange more goods with neighboring tribes, and more easily capture game, especially bison.
By domesticating horses, some tribes had great success: horses enabled them to expand their territories, exchange more goods with neighboring tribes, and more easily capture game, especially bison.
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Olivia
What did some tribes achieve by domesticating horses?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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What enabled some tribes to expand territory, increase trade and capture more game?
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Amy
By domesticating horses, some tribes had great success: horses enabled them to expand their territories, exchange more goods with neighboring tribes, and more easily capture game, especially bison.
By domesticating horses, some tribes had great success: horses enabled them to expand their territories, exchange more goods with neighboring tribes, and more easily capture game, especially bison.
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Amy
What enabled some tribes to expand territory, increase trade and capture more game?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Over the course of thousands of years, American indigenous peoples domesticated, bred and cultivated a large array of plant species. These species now constitute 50–60% of all crops in cultivation worldwide. In certain cases, the indigenous peoples developed entirely new species and strains through artificial selection...
What did the indigenous peoples of America cultivate over the course of thousands of years?
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Kimberly
Over the course of thousands of years, American indigenous peoples domesticated, bred and cultivated a large array of plant species.
Over the course of thousands of years, American indigenous peoples domesticated, bred and cultivated a large array of plant species.
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Ivy
What did the indigenous peoples of America cultivate over the course of thousands of years?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Over the course of thousands of years, American indigenous peoples domesticated, bred and cultivated a large array of plant species. These species now constitute 50–60% of all crops in cultivation worldwide. In certain cases, the indigenous peoples developed entirely new species and strains through artificial selection...
What percent of worldwide crops in cultivation derive from the efforts of the America's indigenous people?
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Kimberly
These species now constitute 50–60% of all crops in cultivation worldwide.
These species now constitute fifty-sixty percent of all crops in cultivation worldwide.
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Kimberly
What percent of worldwide crops in cultivation derive from the efforts of the America's indigenous people?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Over the course of thousands of years, American indigenous peoples domesticated, bred and cultivated a large array of plant species. These species now constitute 50–60% of all crops in cultivation worldwide. In certain cases, the indigenous peoples developed entirely new species and strains through artificial selection...
How were new species and strains of crops developed?
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Kimberly
In certain cases, the indigenous peoples developed entirely new species and strains through artificial selection, as was the case in the domestication and breeding of maize from wild teosinte grasses in the valleys of southern Mexico.
In certain cases, the indigenous peoples developed entirely new species and strains through artificial selection, as was the case in the domestication and breeding of maize from wild teosinte grasses in the valleys of southern Mexico.
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Emma
How were new species and strains of crops developed?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Over the course of thousands of years, American indigenous peoples domesticated, bred and cultivated a large array of plant species. These species now constitute 50–60% of all crops in cultivation worldwide. In certain cases, the indigenous peoples developed entirely new species and strains through artificial selection...
What was the origin of maize?
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Kimberly
In certain cases, the indigenous peoples developed entirely new species and strains through artificial selection, as was the case in the domestication and breeding of maize from wild teosinte grasses in the valleys of southern Mexico.
In certain cases, the indigenous peoples developed entirely new species and strains through artificial selection, as was the case in the domestication and breeding of maize from wild teosinte grasses in the valleys of southern Mexico.
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Joanna
What was the origin of maize?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Over the course of thousands of years, American indigenous peoples domesticated, bred and cultivated a large array of plant species. These species now constitute 50–60% of all crops in cultivation worldwide. In certain cases, the indigenous peoples developed entirely new species and strains through artificial selection...
What products sometimes retain their native names in both English and Spanish?
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Kimberly
Numerous such agricultural products retain their native names in the English and Spanish lexicons.
Numerous such agricultural products retain their native names in the English and Spanish lexicons.
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Joey
What products sometimes retain their native names in both English and Spanish?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The South American highlands were a center of early agriculture. Genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species suggests that the potato has a single origin in the area of southern Peru, from a species in the Solanum brevicaule complex. Over 99% of all modern cultivated potatoes worldwide are descend...
Where was a center of early agriculture?
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Brian
The South American highlands were a center of early agriculture.
The South American highlands were a center of early agriculture.
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Amy
Where was a center of early agriculture?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The South American highlands were a center of early agriculture. Genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species suggests that the potato has a single origin in the area of southern Peru, from a species in the Solanum brevicaule complex. Over 99% of all modern cultivated potatoes worldwide are descend...
Based on genetic testing, what has been suggested about the origin of the potato?
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Brian
Genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species suggests that the potato has a single origin in the area of southern Peru, from a species in the Solanum brevicaule complex.
Genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species suggests that the potato has a single origin in the area of southern Peru, from a species in the Solanum brevicaule complex.
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Kendra
Based on genetic testing, what has been suggested about the origin of the potato?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The South American highlands were a center of early agriculture. Genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species suggests that the potato has a single origin in the area of southern Peru, from a species in the Solanum brevicaule complex. Over 99% of all modern cultivated potatoes worldwide are descend...
Where did the potato originate?
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Brian
Genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species suggests that the potato has a single origin in the area of southern Peru, from a species in the Solanum brevicaule complex.
Genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species suggests that the potato has a single origin in the area of southern Peru, from a species in the Solanum brevicaule complex.
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Salli
Where did the potato originate?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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How long ago was the decedent of 99% of all modern potatoes cultivated as long ago as?
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Brian
tuberosum, where it was cultivated as long as 10,000 years ago.
tuberosum, where it was cultivated as long as ten thousand years ago.
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Kimberly
How long ago was the decedent of ninety-nine percent of all modern potatoes cultivated as long ago as?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The South American highlands were a center of early agriculture. Genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species suggests that the potato has a single origin in the area of southern Peru, from a species in the Solanum brevicaule complex. Over 99% of all modern cultivated potatoes worldwide are descend...
What event in 850 AD coincided with the collapse of Mayan civilization?
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Brian
According to George Raudzens, "It is clear that in pre-Columbian times some groups struggled to survive and often suffered food shortages and famines, while others enjoyed a varied and substantial diet." The persistent drought around 850 AD coincided with the collapse of Classic Maya civilization, and the famine of One...
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Kimberly
What event in eight hundred fifty AD coincided with the collapse of Mayan civilization?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Natives of North America began practicing farming approximately 4,000 years ago, late in the Archaic period of North American cultures. Technology had advanced to the point that pottery was becoming common and the small-scale felling of trees had become feasible. Concurrently, the Archaic Indians began using fire in a ...
When did the North American natives begin farming?
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Kendra
Natives of North America began practicing farming approximately 4,000 years ago, late in the Archaic period of North American cultures.
Natives of North America began practicing farming approximately four thousand years ago, late in the Archaic period of North American cultures.
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Matthew
When did the North American natives begin farming?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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What had pottery become 4,000 years ago in the Americas?
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Kendra
Technology had advanced to the point that pottery was becoming common and the small-scale felling of trees had become feasible.
Technology had advanced to the point that pottery was becoming common and the small-scale felling of trees had become feasible.
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Justin
What had pottery become four thousand years ago in the Americas?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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What did technology make feasible when it came to trees?
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Kendra
Technology had advanced to the point that pottery was becoming common and the small-scale felling of trees had become feasible.
Technology had advanced to the point that pottery was becoming common and the small-scale felling of trees had become feasible.
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Kevin
What did technology make feasible when it came to trees?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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How did Archaic Indians use fire?
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Kendra
Concurrently, the Archaic Indians began using fire in a controlled manner.
Concurrently, the Archaic Indians began using fire in a controlled manner.
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Amy
How did Archaic Indians use fire?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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What was the intentional burning of vegetation intended to mimic?
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Kendra
Intentional burning of vegetation was used to mimic the effects of natural fires that tended to clear forest understories.
Intentional burning of vegetation was used to mimic the effects of natural fires that tended to clear forest understories.
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Kimberly
What was the intentional burning of vegetation intended to mimic?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Many crops first domesticated by indigenous Americans are now produced and used globally. Chief among these is maize or "corn", arguably the most important crop in the world. Other significant crops include cassava, chia, squash (pumpkins, zucchini, marrow, acorn squash, butternut squash), the pinto bean, Phaseolus bea...
What global industry owes its existence to having been domesticated by indigenous Americans?
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Salli
Many crops first domesticated by indigenous Americans are now produced and used globally.
Many crops first domesticated by indigenous Americans are now produced and used globally.
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Kimberly
What global industry owes its existence to having been domesticated by indigenous Americans?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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What is arguably the most important crop in the world?
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Salli
Chief among these is maize or "corn", arguably the most important crop in the world.
Chief among these is maize or "corn", arguably the most important crop in the world.
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Joanna
What is arguably the most important crop in the world?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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Squash, beans, and peppers are all examples of what type of crop?
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Salli
Other significant crops include cassava, chia, squash (pumpkins, zucchini, marrow, acorn squash, butternut squash), the pinto bean, Phaseolus beans including most common beans, tepary beans and lima beans, tomatoes, potatoes, avocados, peanuts, cocoa beans (used to make chocolate), vanilla, strawberries, pineapples, Pe...
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Justin
Squash, beans, and peppers are all examples of what type of crop?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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What type of bean is used to make chocolate?
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Salli
Other significant crops include cassava, chia, squash (pumpkins, zucchini, marrow, acorn squash, butternut squash), the pinto bean, Phaseolus beans including most common beans, tepary beans and lima beans, tomatoes, potatoes, avocados, peanuts, cocoa beans (used to make chocolate), vanilla, strawberries, pineapples, Pe...
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Joey
What type of bean is used to make chocolate?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Many crops first domesticated by indigenous Americans are now produced and used globally. Chief among these is maize or "corn", arguably the most important crop in the world. Other significant crops include cassava, chia, squash (pumpkins, zucchini, marrow, acorn squash, butternut squash), the pinto bean, Phaseolus bea...
Who do we owe gratitude for even some species of cotton to?
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Salli
Many crops first domesticated by indigenous Americans are now produced and used globally.
Many crops first domesticated by indigenous Americans are now produced and used globally.
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Joey
Who do we owe gratitude for even some species of cotton to?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Cultural practices in the Americas seem to have been shared mostly within geographical zones where unrelated peoples adopted similar technologies and social organizations. An example of such a cultural area is Mesoamerica, where millennia of coexistence and shared development among the peoples of the region produced a ...
What did geographical zones encourage the sharing of?
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Emma
Cultural practices in the Americas seem to have been shared mostly within geographical zones where unrelated peoples adopted similar technologies and social organizations.
Cultural practices in the Americas seem to have been shared mostly within geographical zones where unrelated peoples adopted similar technologies and social organizations.
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Olivia
What did geographical zones encourage the sharing of?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Cultural practices in the Americas seem to have been shared mostly within geographical zones where unrelated peoples adopted similar technologies and social organizations. An example of such a cultural area is Mesoamerica, where millennia of coexistence and shared development among the peoples of the region produced a ...
What did people in the same reason adopt?
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Emma
Cultural practices in the Americas seem to have been shared mostly within geographical zones where unrelated peoples adopted similar technologies and social organizations.
Cultural practices in the Americas seem to have been shared mostly within geographical zones where unrelated peoples adopted similar technologies and social organizations.
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Kimberly
What did people in the same reason adopt?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Cultural practices in the Americas seem to have been shared mostly within geographical zones where unrelated peoples adopted similar technologies and social organizations. An example of such a cultural area is Mesoamerica, where millennia of coexistence and shared development among the peoples of the region produced a ...
Where did millennia of coexistence produce a culture with advanced agricultural and social patterns?
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Emma
An example of such a cultural area is Mesoamerica, where millennia of coexistence and shared development among the peoples of the region produced a fairly homogeneous culture with complex agricultural and social patterns.
An example of such a cultural area is Mesoamerica, where millennia of coexistence and shared development among the peoples of the region produced a fairly homogeneous culture with complex agricultural and social patterns.
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Justin
Where did millennia of coexistence produce a culture with advanced agricultural and social patterns?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Cultural practices in the Americas seem to have been shared mostly within geographical zones where unrelated peoples adopted similar technologies and social organizations. An example of such a cultural area is Mesoamerica, where millennia of coexistence and shared development among the peoples of the region produced a ...
How long was there a homogeneous culture on the North American plains?
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Emma
Another well-known example is the North American plains where until the 19th century several peoples shared the traits of nomadic hunter-gatherers based primarily on buffalo hunting.
Another well-known example is the North American plains where until the nineteenth century several peoples shared the traits of nomadic hunter-gatherers based primarily on buffalo hunting.
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Joey
How long was there a homogeneous culture on the North American plains?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Cultural practices in the Americas seem to have been shared mostly within geographical zones where unrelated peoples adopted similar technologies and social organizations. An example of such a cultural area is Mesoamerica, where millennia of coexistence and shared development among the peoples of the region produced a ...
What creature did the nomadic hunter-gatherers of the plains hunt?
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Emma
Another well-known example is the North American plains where until the 19th century several peoples shared the traits of nomadic hunter-gatherers based primarily on buffalo hunting.
Another well-known example is the North American plains where until the nineteenth century several peoples shared the traits of nomadic hunter-gatherers based primarily on buffalo hunting.
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Kevin
What creature did the nomadic hunter-gatherers of the plains hunt?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The development of writing is counted among the many achievements and innovations of pre-Columbian American cultures. Independent from the development of writing in other areas of the world, the Mesoamerican region produced several indigenous writing systems beginning in the 1st millennium BCE. What may be the earliest...
What was one of the many achievements of the American cultures?
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Salli
The development of writing is counted among the many achievements and innovations of pre-Columbian American cultures.
The development of writing is counted among the many achievements and innovations of pre-Columbian American cultures.
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Matthew
What was one of the many achievements of the American cultures?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The development of writing is counted among the many achievements and innovations of pre-Columbian American cultures. Independent from the development of writing in other areas of the world, the Mesoamerican region produced several indigenous writing systems beginning in the 1st millennium BCE. What may be the earliest...
What region produced several writing systems independent of other areas of the world?
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Salli
Independent from the development of writing in other areas of the world, the Mesoamerican region produced several indigenous writing systems beginning in the 1st millennium BCE. What may be the earliest-known example in the Americas of an extensive text thought to be writing is by the Cascajal Block.
Independent from the development of writing in other areas of the world, the Mesoamerican region produced several indigenous writing systems beginning in the first millennium BCE. What may be the earliest-known example in the Americas of an extensive text thought to be writing is by the Cascajal Block.
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Joey
What region produced several writing systems independent of other areas of the world?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The development of writing is counted among the many achievements and innovations of pre-Columbian American cultures. Independent from the development of writing in other areas of the world, the Mesoamerican region produced several indigenous writing systems beginning in the 1st millennium BCE. What may be the earliest...
What is presumed to be written upon the Cascajal Block?
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Salli
Independent from the development of writing in other areas of the world, the Mesoamerican region produced several indigenous writing systems beginning in the 1st millennium BCE. What may be the earliest-known example in the Americas of an extensive text thought to be writing is by the Cascajal Block.
Independent from the development of writing in other areas of the world, the Mesoamerican region produced several indigenous writing systems beginning in the first millennium BCE. What may be the earliest-known example in the Americas of an extensive text thought to be writing is by the Cascajal Block.
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Salli
What is presumed to be written upon the Cascajal Block?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The development of writing is counted among the many achievements and innovations of pre-Columbian American cultures. Independent from the development of writing in other areas of the world, the Mesoamerican region produced several indigenous writing systems beginning in the 1st millennium BCE. What may be the earliest...
When were writing systems being created in the Americas?
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Salli
Independent from the development of writing in other areas of the world, the Mesoamerican region produced several indigenous writing systems beginning in the 1st millennium BCE. What may be the earliest-known example in the Americas of an extensive text thought to be writing is by the Cascajal Block.
Independent from the development of writing in other areas of the world, the Mesoamerican region produced several indigenous writing systems beginning in the first millennium BCE. What may be the earliest-known example in the Americas of an extensive text thought to be writing is by the Cascajal Block.
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Emma
When were writing systems being created in the Americas?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The development of writing is counted among the many achievements and innovations of pre-Columbian American cultures. Independent from the development of writing in other areas of the world, the Mesoamerican region produced several indigenous writing systems beginning in the 1st millennium BCE. What may be the earliest...
When has the Olmec tablet been dated to?
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Salli
The Olmec hieroglyphs tablet has been indirectly dated from ceramic shards found in the same context to approximately 900 BCE, around the time that Olmec occupation of San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán began to wane.
The Olmec hieroglyphs tablet has been indirectly dated from ceramic shards found in the same context to approximately nine hundred BCE, around the time that Olmec occupation of San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan began to wane.
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Olivia
When has the Olmec tablet been dated to?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The Maya writing system (often called hieroglyphs from a superficial resemblance to the Ancient Egyptian writing) was a combination of phonetic symbols and logograms. It is most often classified as a logographic or (more properly) a logosyllabic writing system, in which syllabic signs play a significant role. It is the...
What is the Mayan writing system the only known pre-Columbian one to completely represent this?
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Emma
It is the only pre-Columbian writing system known to represent completely the spoken language of its community.
It is the only pre-Columbian writing system known to represent completely the spoken language of its community.
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Kendra
What is the Mayan writing system the only known pre-Columbian one to completely represent this?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The Maya writing system (often called hieroglyphs from a superficial resemblance to the Ancient Egyptian writing) was a combination of phonetic symbols and logograms. It is most often classified as a logographic or (more properly) a logosyllabic writing system, in which syllabic signs play a significant role. It is the...
What writing system combined phonetic symbols and logograms?
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Emma
The Maya writing system (often called hieroglyphs from a superficial resemblance to the Ancient Egyptian writing) was a combination of phonetic symbols and logograms.
The Maya writing system (often called hieroglyphs from a superficial resemblance to the Ancient Egyptian writing) was a combination of phonetic symbols and logograms.
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Emma
What writing system combined phonetic symbols and logograms?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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What signs play a significant role in the Mayan's writing system?
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Emma
It is most often classified as a logographic or (more properly) a logosyllabic writing system, in which syllabic signs play a significant role.
It is most often classified as a logographic or (more properly) a logosyllabic writing system, in which syllabic signs play a significant role.
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Emma
What signs play a significant role in the Mayan's writing system?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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How many different glyphs in total does the Mayan writing system have?
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Emma
In total, the script has more than one thousand different glyphs although a few are variations of the same sign or meaning and many appear only rarely or are confined to particular localities.
In total, the script has more than one thousand different glyphs although a few are variations of the same sign or meaning and many appear only rarely or are confined to particular localities.
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Justin
How many different glyphs in total does the Mayan writing system have?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The Maya writing system (often called hieroglyphs from a superficial resemblance to the Ancient Egyptian writing) was a combination of phonetic symbols and logograms. It is most often classified as a logographic or (more properly) a logosyllabic writing system, in which syllabic signs play a significant role. It is the...
How many of the Mayan glyphs had phonetic or syllabic interpretations?
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Emma
At any one time, no more than about five hundred glyphs were in use, some two hundred of which (including variations) had a phonetic or syllabic interpretation.
At any one time, no more than about five hundred glyphs were in use, some two hundred of which (including variations) had a phonetic or syllabic interpretation.
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Kevin
How many of the Mayan glyphs had phonetic or syllabic interpretations?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Spanish mendicants in the sixteenth century taught indigenous scribes in their communities to write their languages in Latin letters and there is a large number of local-level documents in Nahuatl, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Yucatec Maya from the colonial era, many of which were part of lawsuits and other legal matters. Alth...
When were indigenous scribes taught to use Latin letters?
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Salli
Spanish mendicants in the sixteenth century taught indigenous scribes in their communities to write their languages in Latin letters and there is a large number of local-level documents in Nahuatl, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Yucatec Maya from the colonial era, many of which were part of lawsuits and other legal matters.
Spanish mendicants in the sixteenth century taught indigenous scribes in their communities to write their languages in Latin letters and there is a large number of local-level documents in Nahuatl, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Yucatec Maya from the colonial era, many of which were part of lawsuits and other legal matters.
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Brian
When were indigenous scribes taught to use Latin letters?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Spanish mendicants in the sixteenth century taught indigenous scribes in their communities to write their languages in Latin letters and there is a large number of local-level documents in Nahuatl, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Yucatec Maya from the colonial era, many of which were part of lawsuits and other legal matters. Alth...
Who taught indigenous scribes to write their languages?
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Salli
Spanish mendicants in the sixteenth century taught indigenous scribes in their communities to write their languages in Latin letters and there is a large number of local-level documents in Nahuatl, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Yucatec Maya from the colonial era, many of which were part of lawsuits and other legal matters.
Spanish mendicants in the sixteenth century taught indigenous scribes in their communities to write their languages in Latin letters and there is a large number of local-level documents in Nahuatl, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Yucatec Maya from the colonial era, many of which were part of lawsuits and other legal matters.
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Joey
Who taught indigenous scribes to write their languages?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Spanish mendicants in the sixteenth century taught indigenous scribes in their communities to write their languages in Latin letters and there is a large number of local-level documents in Nahuatl, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Yucatec Maya from the colonial era, many of which were part of lawsuits and other legal matters. Alth...
What were a large number of the local documents in regards to?
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Salli
Spanish mendicants in the sixteenth century taught indigenous scribes in their communities to write their languages in Latin letters and there is a large number of local-level documents in Nahuatl, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Yucatec Maya from the colonial era, many of which were part of lawsuits and other legal matters.
Spanish mendicants in the sixteenth century taught indigenous scribes in their communities to write their languages in Latin letters and there is a large number of local-level documents in Nahuatl, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Yucatec Maya from the colonial era, many of which were part of lawsuits and other legal matters.
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Joey
What were a large number of the local documents in regards to?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Spanish mendicants in the sixteenth century taught indigenous scribes in their communities to write their languages in Latin letters and there is a large number of local-level documents in Nahuatl, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Yucatec Maya from the colonial era, many of which were part of lawsuits and other legal matters. Alth...
What were Spanish translations at the time made for?
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Salli
The Spanish crown gathered such documentation and contemporary Spanish translations were made for legal cases.
The Spanish crown gathered such documentation and contemporary Spanish translations were made for legal cases.
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Kimberly
What were Spanish translations at the time made for?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Spanish mendicants in the sixteenth century taught indigenous scribes in their communities to write their languages in Latin letters and there is a large number of local-level documents in Nahuatl, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Yucatec Maya from the colonial era, many of which were part of lawsuits and other legal matters. Alth...
What viewpoint have scholars translated and analyzed documents to writes histories from?
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Salli
Scholars have translated and analyzed these documents in what is called the New Philology to write histories of indigenous peoples from indigenous viewpoints.
Scholars have translated and analyzed these documents in what is called the New Philology to write histories of indigenous peoples from indigenous viewpoints.
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Emma
What viewpoint have scholars translated and analyzed documents to writes histories from?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Native American music in North America is almost entirely monophonic, but there are notable exceptions. Traditional Native American music often centers around drumming. Rattles, clappersticks, and rasps were also popular percussive instruments. Flutes were made of rivercane, cedar, and other woods. The tuning of these ...
What characteristic did the majority of Native American music have?
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Olivia
Native American music in North America is almost entirely monophonic, but there are notable exceptions.
Native American music in North America is almost entirely monophonic, but there are notable exceptions.
question-420_25_0.mp3
22,050
Brian
What characteristic did the majority of Native American music have?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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What did traditional Native American music center around?
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Olivia
Traditional Native American music often centers around drumming.
Traditional Native American music often centers around drumming.
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Kevin
What did traditional Native American music center around?
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Native American music in North America is almost entirely monophonic, but there are notable exceptions. Traditional Native American music often centers around drumming. Rattles, clappersticks, and rasps were also popular percussive instruments. Flutes were made of rivercane, cedar, and other woods. The tuning of these ...
What are examples of popular percussive instruments of Native Americans?
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Rattles, clappersticks, and rasps were also popular percussive instruments.
Rattles, clappersticks, and rasps were also popular percussive instruments.
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Ivy
What are examples of popular percussive instruments of Native Americans?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Native American music in North America is almost entirely monophonic, but there are notable exceptions. Traditional Native American music often centers around drumming. Rattles, clappersticks, and rasps were also popular percussive instruments. Flutes were made of rivercane, cedar, and other woods. The tuning of these ...
How were flutes constructed by the Native Americans?
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Olivia
Flutes were made of rivercane, cedar, and other woods.
Flutes were made of rivercane, cedar, and other woods.
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Joey
How were flutes constructed by the Native Americans?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Native American music in North America is almost entirely monophonic, but there are notable exceptions. Traditional Native American music often centers around drumming. Rattles, clappersticks, and rasps were also popular percussive instruments. Flutes were made of rivercane, cedar, and other woods. The tuning of these ...
How many strings did the Apache fiddle have?
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Olivia
The Apache fiddle is a single stringed instrument.
The Apache fiddle is a single stringed instrument.
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Joey
How many strings did the Apache fiddle have?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The music of the indigenous peoples of Central Mexico and Central America was often pentatonic. Before the arrival of the Spaniards and other Europeans, music was inseparable from religious festivities and included a large variety of percussion and wind instruments such as drums, flutes, sea snail shells (used as a tru...
What feature did the music of Central America have?
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Matthew
The music of the indigenous peoples of Central Mexico and Central America was often pentatonic.
The music of the indigenous peoples of Central Mexico and Central America was often pentatonic.
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Amy
What feature did the music of Central America have?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
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What role did music play in the religious festivities?
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Matthew
Before the arrival of the Spaniards and other Europeans, music was inseparable from religious festivities and included a large variety of percussion and wind instruments such as drums, flutes, sea snail shells (used as a trumpet) and "rain" tubes.
Before the arrival of the Spaniards and other Europeans, music was inseparable from religious festivities and included a large variety of percussion and wind instruments such as drums, flutes, sea snail shells (used as a trumpet) and "rain" tubes.
question-420_26_1.mp3
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Kevin
What role did music play in the religious festivities?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The music of the indigenous peoples of Central Mexico and Central America was often pentatonic. Before the arrival of the Spaniards and other Europeans, music was inseparable from religious festivities and included a large variety of percussion and wind instruments such as drums, flutes, sea snail shells (used as a tru...
What instruments were used to make music by the Central Americans?
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Matthew
Before the arrival of the Spaniards and other Europeans, music was inseparable from religious festivities and included a large variety of percussion and wind instruments such as drums, flutes, sea snail shells (used as a trumpet) and "rain" tubes.
Before the arrival of the Spaniards and other Europeans, music was inseparable from religious festivities and included a large variety of percussion and wind instruments such as drums, flutes, sea snail shells (used as a trumpet) and "rain" tubes.
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Kimberly
What instruments were used to make music by the Central Americans?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The music of the indigenous peoples of Central Mexico and Central America was often pentatonic. Before the arrival of the Spaniards and other Europeans, music was inseparable from religious festivities and included a large variety of percussion and wind instruments such as drums, flutes, sea snail shells (used as a tru...
Where did archaeologists find a depiction of a Mayan stringed instrument?
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Matthew
No remnants of pre-Columbian stringed instruments were found until archaeologists discovered a jar in Guatemala, attributed to the Maya of the Late Classic Era (600–900 CE), which depicts a stringed musical instrument which has since been reproduced.
No remnants of pre-Columbian stringed instruments were found until archaeologists discovered a jar in Guatemala, attributed to the Maya of the Late Classic Era (six hundred-nine hundred CE), which depicts a stringed musical instrument which has since been reproduced.
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Matthew
Where did archaeologists find a depiction of a Mayan stringed instrument?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
The music of the indigenous peoples of Central Mexico and Central America was often pentatonic. Before the arrival of the Spaniards and other Europeans, music was inseparable from religious festivities and included a large variety of percussion and wind instruments such as drums, flutes, sea snail shells (used as a tru...
What did the Mayan's stringed instrument sound like when played?
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Matthew
This instrument is one of the very few stringed instruments known in the Americas prior to the introduction of European musical instruments; when played it produces a sound virtually identical to a jaguar's growl.
This instrument is one of the very few stringed instruments known in the Americas prior to the introduction of European musical instruments; when played it produces a sound virtually identical to a jaguar's growl.
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Kevin
What did the Mayan's stringed instrument sound like when played?
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Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas comprise a major category in the world art collection. Contributions include pottery, paintings, jewellery, weavings, sculptures, basketry, carvings, and beadwork. Because too many artists were posing as Native Americans and Alaska Natives in order to profit from the ca...
What comprises a major category in the world art collection?
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Matthew
Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas comprise a major category in the world art collection.
Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas comprise a major category in the world art collection.
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Ivy
What comprises a major category in the world art collection?