Question

Their world, quite literally, changed before the Indians' eyes as European colonists transformed the forest into farmland. ... In the Southeast, hogs ran wild. Sheep and goats became permanent parts of the economy and culture of Pueblo and Navajo peoples in the Southwest. Horses transformed the lives and cultures of Indian peoples on the plains. Europeans also brought honeybees, black rats, cats, and cockroaches to America. American Indian societies most commonly reacted to the changes described in the excerpt by:________.

Answer 1

Answer: (B) adapting European material goods while attempting to preserve cultural autonomy.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Native Americans upon meeting the Europeans and seeing their superior goods and materials, adopted those goods by trading them with the Europeans for goods like leather. They bought guns and used them for war and hunting, new agricultural tools and practices as well as new construction techniques.

They did however try to keep their cultural identity and autonomy intact from the practices of the Europeans as best they could even though as time went on they eventually assimilated some European practices as well.