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Native American Societies Before Contact · US History

Native American trade networks before 1492 can best be described as:

  1. Limited strictly to immediate neighbors with no movement of goods over very long distances
  2. Non-existent, as each tribe was entirely self-sufficient
  3. Controlled entirely by a single merchant class based in Florida
  4. Extensive, connecting distant regions through the exchange of luxury and essential goods
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Correct answer: Extensive, connecting distant regions through the exchange of luxury and essential goods

Archaeological evidence shows that goods like obsidian from the Rockies, copper from the Great Lakes, and sea shells from the Gulf of Mexico were traded across the continent. These networks facilitated the spread of ideas and technology as well.

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