Question

What does the type of animals and plants brought to the New World demonstrate about the needs of Pre-Columbian civilizations?



A. Pre-Columbian civilizations did not have access to egg-laying animals, so Europeans brought them.



B. Pre-Columbian civilizations did not practice small-scale farming, so Europeans brought them.



C. Pre-Columbian civilizations had an abundance of animals for food, but Europeans also wanted to continue using their traditional animals for food.



D. Pre-Columbian civilizations had few animals suitable for raising and slaughtering to use for meat.

Answer 1

Pre-Columbian civilizations, the aboriginal American Indian cultures that evolved in Mesoamerica (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th century. The pre-Columbian civilizations were extraordinary developments in human society and culture, ranking with the early civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and China. Like the ancient civilizations of the Old World, those in the New World were characterized by kingdoms and empires, great monuments and cities, and refinements in the arts, metallurgy, and writing; the ancient civilizations of the Americas also display in their histories similar cyclical patterns of growth and decline, unity and disunity.