University of Phoenix Material "Cultures of the New World"

Situation prior to discovery
of New World<Tab/>Family Relations
Man was responsible for Hunting, traveling for the trade and looking for work as a laborer Women were responsible for taking care of the children and the household. Also looking over and caring for the crops and plants.
Families would often live together 2 or 3 couples at a time with their families. That would allow for better balance of things to be done like hunting and fishing and taking care of plants.
They would often move their "camp" a couple times of year depending on the weather and where the best resources would be depending on the season.
Good agriculture in different locations would allow communities to be anywhere from 100-200 people or even thousands if the resources to survive were available.
Situation during arrival of invaders to New World<Tab/>Lack of respect for Indians
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