Before European contact with Native Americans

Before European contact with Native Americans, what is the one area that Native American societies did not have similar technological advancement in when compared to European societies of the same time?ArchitectureReligionFood ProductionWeaponsEconomics2.5 points QUESTION 37Early anthropologists and archaeologists tried to categorize people around the world into one of three categories (Savage, Barbaric, or Civilized). Looking at this scale today, what was the only characteristic that really mattered in how people were placed into one of these three categories originally?The darkness of skin tone of the groupWhether a group was European or non-EuropeanWhether the group occupied an area that Europeans wished to expand intoAll of the above are characteristics that influenced how a society was classifiedNone of the above were characteristics that influenced how a society was classified2.5 points QUESTION 38How long ago did Paleo-Indians arrive in the Americas?Just before the Spanish arrived (about 500 years ago)Sometime around the time of Christ (about 2,000 years ago)Sometime before end of the last Ice Age (about 10,000 years ago)Sometime around the time the Dark Ages in Europe (about 1,600 years ago)2.5 points QUESTION 39What do the oral stories of Giant Beavers imply about Native Americans of northern Canada?That oral stories can sometimes preserve actual historical events even over thousands of yearsThat oral stories if retold enough times will eventually change to include mythological or fictional events/people/thingsThat like Europeans, Native Americans also tell a version of “fairy tales”That like Europeans, they create fantastical stories that can be used for entertainment purposes2.5 points QUESTION 40What is the concept of Manifest Destiny?That by controlling and benefitting from the resources of a the land, it was proof that God had selected Euro-Americans as the Chosen PeopleThat all Humans have a right to pursue their dreams and goals by controlling resources and making profit.That Native People were destined to become like Christian Europeans through conversionThat it is the God-given destiny of Christian Europeans and later Euro-Americans to control the land and resources of the Americas