Native American Societies & European Encounters
What major factor caused massive population decline among Native Americans after 1492?
Diseases (especially smallpox) brought by Europeans
What crop transformed Native American societies in the Southwest?
Maize (corn)
Which European nation focused most on trade alliances and conversion rather than conquest?
France
What was the Columbian Exchange?
Exchange of goods, people, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds
Cahokia