6.4 Het einde van de Amerikaanse culturen

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6.4 The end of the Native American cultures

America

* Columbus

* Indians

* Hunter-gatheres

* Farmed crops and kept livestock

* Wealthy empires

Aztecs

* Mexico

* King

* Tempels en polytheïsm

* Big social differences

* Priests, famers and slaves

Incas

* Peru (South America)

* King -> sun god Inti

* Population forced to work for him

* Farmers, craftspeople and soldiers

Consequences for the original inhabitants

due to the arrival of the Europeans

 Political administrative

1. American Indians were conquered by the Europeans

- Gold and silver

- Military technology was less advanced

 Cultural

2. Local cultures disappeared almost entirely

- Christianity

- Spanish people settled down

3. Death among the origin inhabitants

- Diseases

* Smallpox, measles and the flu

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