Part Two

Choose "'TWO"` of the following questions: Your response should be ONE FULL page with SPECIFIC reference to the readings. You may write on a separate notebook page.

A) Much of Colonial American history focuses on multi-cultural contact, the impressions of the initial contact and cultural exchange between Europeans and Native Americans. Making specific reference to your reading notes and handouts, elaborate on one historical example you find interesting regarding cultural contact and cultural interaction. What do your examples reveal about two distinct cultures trying to understand each other? Focus on ONE specific idea or one specific topic and elaborate.

Make reference to specific readings and list the sources you have used which best helps you to answer the question.

B) Refer to Document: T. fl. Breen, Creative Adaptations: Peoples and Cultures (focus on first two pages of the article). What major points does Breen present to demonstrate that America was a background of cultural encounters but also a landscape for cultural adaptations? In what ways did various cultures reinvent themselves through adaptations to their circumstances?

C) Refer to Document: Allan Greer, Confronting the Other. What are the deeper nuances found within the Jesuit observations of Indian cultures? In what ways were Jesuits critiquing European culture through their praise or condemnation of American Indians? Give specific examples.