Contrast the views of Europeans of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries with those of Native Americans they encountered on such topics as the environment, social relations, religious beliefs, and slavery
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: In general, Native American tribes shared many cultural traits: reverence for the environment, communal ownership of land, matrilineal organization, and a polytheistic religion. In contrast to European societies, these were typically more egalitarian and less stratified.
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