Table of Contents
- 1 What caused the Native American population to decline?
- 2 What are the two reasons for the decline in population in South America after the Spanish conquest?
- 3 Which factor contributed to the Spanish defeat of the Incas?
- 4 What was the Columbian Exchange Why was it so devastating to Native American populations?
- 5 What are the indigenous people of the Caribbean called?
- 6 Which group of people settled in Central America?
What caused the Native American population to decline?
War and violence. While epidemic disease was by far the leading cause of the population decline of the American indigenous peoples after 1492, there were other contributing factors, all of them related to European contact and colonization. One of these factors was warfare.
What are the two reasons for the decline in population in South America after the Spanish conquest?
Evidence of a similar nature can be found for other parts of the hemisphere. around the population estimates for the latter part of the sixteenth century, there is wide disagreement about the size of the native populations at the time of first contact (Alchon 2003: 150-172).
What role did disease play in the defeat of the native populations of the Americas?
When the Europeans arrived, carrying germs which thrived in dense, semi-urban populations, the indigenous people of the Americas were effectively doomed. They had never experienced smallpox, measles or flu before, and the viruses tore through the continent, killing an estimated 90\% of Native Americans.
What were the reasons for the decline in the population of the Indians after the Spanish and Portuguese conquest of the Americas?
By contrast, the indigenous population plummeted by an estimated 80\% in the first century and a half following Columbus’s voyages, primarily through the spread of disease, forced labor and slavery for resource extraction, and missionization.
Which factor contributed to the Spanish defeat of the Incas?
Thus the Spanish conquest was achieved through relentless force, and deception, aided by factors like smallpox and a great communication and cultural divide. The Spaniards destroyed much of the Incan culture and introduced the Spanish culture to the native population.
What was the Columbian Exchange Why was it so devastating to Native American populations?
The Columbian Exchange also had some unintentional but devastating results due to the transfer of diseases. The transfer of plants and animals also affected the environment by introducing new species that competed with and sometimes displaced native plants.
How did the indigenous people migrate to South America?
Some the indigenous people migrated east in the cold sub-arctic regions. Others moved south and south-east into warmer areas, eventually some reach areas in Central and South America in about 20, 000 B.C. Some of these places were Mexico, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Venezuela, Guianas and Amazon River Basin.
How did the Amerindians settle in the Caribbean?
Later, some group moved into the Caribbean basin to settle such as Lesser and Greater Antilles. The first people Amerindians to settle in the Caribbean islands seem to have been primitive groups who lived by gathering plants and hunting animals for food.
What are the indigenous people of the Caribbean called?
The indigenous peoples of the Caribbean included the Taíno, the Island Caribs of the Lesser Antilles, and the Guanahatabey of western Cuba. The Taíno, an Arawak people, were the major population group throughout most of the Caribbean.
Which group of people settled in Central America?
Some of the indigenous group of people that settled in Central America was the Aztecs (Northern Mexico) and Mayans (Yucatan Peninsula). Around 4000 BC more advanced groups of Amerindians continued to South America.