For this exam you are to rely on your textbooks, my lectures, the primary source readings, and secondary source readings where applicable. Be sure that your essay includes an introduction (that sets the historical context), a thesis (that makes a historically relevant argument), a set of well-crafted body paragraphs (including analytical topic sentences that explain events rather than describes them and has evidence to support your thesis), as well as a valid conclusion that summarizes your answer. The questions are meant to inform your thesis and all questions should be answered in it. You should not simply answer questions as paragraphs.
1. Discuss and analyze Native American society both pre- and post-contact with Europeans. What was their civilization like before contact? Analyze, their work, society and culture (analyze the role of both genders). To what extent did native life change after contact and why? Historians have argued that cultural misunderstanding on both sides had an impact on this meeting of cultures, explain what this statement means and how it effected colonial expansion? To what extent did Europeans change Native American life? To what extent did Native Americans change European (colonists) lives? Explain your answers using specific examples from all of our sources.
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