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    entirely based of one motivation in the 15th and 16th century. Although many voyages of discovery were started in search of wealth, religion was also a big reason for exploring other continents. Religion wasn’t the main motivation for European exploration in the 15th and 16th century. Instead, the main motivation was economic motives, which was closely followed by religion, and to a lesser extent was technological developments. The main motivation of European exploration was economic motives. People

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    The arrival of Europeans and their expansion across North America negatively affected the Native American people’s culture, politics, religion, economy, and population. Sherman Alexie’s This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona is a story about the suffering, current social problems, and hope for a new beginning for the Native American people. Alexie, a Native American himself, skillfully narrates Victor and Thomas’s journey to recover Victor father’s ashes from Phoenix, Arizona, reflecting

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    nation, it has “the second largest population in the world, India is home to more than one billion people (web). Landscape in India made up of the Himalayas, which are the highest mountain range in the world, plains, desert, and surrounded by the Indian Ocean. The climate can vary due to the different landscapes, from tropical, monsoons, or snow in the Himalayas. Mark Twain stated “India is the cradle of human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend

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    California natives, especially the Yuki Indians that lived in Round Valley. Before the gold rush, there were about 13,000 non-Indians in California and by the 1860s census takers counted 362,196 non- Indians in California. Due to the discovery of gold, many Yuki Indians and other California natives were killed to be removed off their land and allow for the excavation of gold. Killings, rape, disease, and child abduction caused a rapid decrease among the Yuki Indians. From 1850 until 1863,

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    (Food): The food of India is primarily known for its use of herbs and spices. It is also very vegetarian friendly. According to Sara Gauchat from Real Simple the Indian cuisine has a “Judicious use of spices and sauces breathes new life into the likes of potatoes, cauliflower, peas, and eggplant” (Gauchat). Essentials for a staple Indian food would contain wheat, rice, and pulses with chana. Along with this would be the incorporation of the five essential spices. These are mustard, fenugreek seed

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    The Plains Indians tribe that I chose to research was the Omaha Tribe. The Omaha Tribe lived near present - day Nebraska and parts of Iowa; however, the Omaha Tribe is most known for being native to Nebraska. This tribe is still on a reservation in Macy, Nebraska today. This tribe is in Nebraska because when the Europeans arrived to North America, they drove out the Omaha Tribe along with many other Plains Indians Tribes. Today, the Omaha Tribe consists of around 6,000 members. The Omaha Tribe was

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    happiness for an abundance of citizens. However, this happiness was not achieved by everyone. Plains Indians were very agitated upon the completion of the transcontinental railroad. The transcontinental railroad’s “tracks ran through a number of tribal territories, bringing into conflict cultures that held very different views of the land and how it might be used and lived on” (Jawort). How were Plains Indians

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    Cuzco, which had as many as three hundred thousand people in the late fifteenth century . Extensive road system linked north and south . Official runners carried messages; spread of Quecha language F. Inca society and religion 21. Trade limited . Local barter in agricultural goods . Fewer specialized crafts 22. Inca society was also a hereditary aristocracy . Chief ruler viewed as descended from the sun, owned everything

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    Katniss comes from a district where people are olive-skinned; that could be Latino or Native American. More likely mixed-blood Native Indian for a number of reasons. First, in her own statement about her district, Katniss states, “District Twelve. Where you can starve to death in safety.”(6) That statement sounds like a description of Indian reservations that exists today. District 12 is a presentation of the extreme poverty, hunger, and hopeless place. This is the place, where alcohol and death

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    The introduction of horses has changed the lifestyle of Indians dramatically. The change, however, has a good and a bad side. In the article, Hämäläinen indicated that “Horses did bring new possibilities, prosperity, and power to Plains Indians, but they also brought destabilization, dispossession, and destruction” (834). It happened in the late sixteenth century when the Spanish approached the Great Plain. The horse changed the lives of buffalo hunters who turned to hunt for trade from that for

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