What were the consequences of European invasion on American Indian cultures?
What will be an ideal response?
The French, Spanish, Portuguese, and British played a major role in destroying much of American Indian culture. Europeans exploited the abundant North American resources of gold,Hardwood forests, fertile land, and fur. Missionaries, determined to convert the "savages" to Christianity, were responsible for some of the cultural destruction. Disregarding important cultural values and beliefs, missionaries tried to eliminate religious ceremonies and practices such as polygyny and matrilineal inheritance. Indian tribes coped with military slaughter, enslavement, forced labor, land confiscation, coerced mass migration, and involuntary religious conversions.
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a. another word for social organization. b. the same thing as a community. c. another name for the "nation." d. a social organization with an enduring history.
Which of the following terms refers to the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals or groups that results from the normal operations of a society?
A. institutional discrimination B. innovation C. indoctrination D. instrumentality
Even when a middle-class person and a poor person commit similar crimes, the poor person is more likely to be arrested
a. true b. false
Which sociological perspective stresses the impact of social class on the process of childhood socialization?
a. structural functionalism b. feminist c. symbolic interactionist d. conflict