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That Native Americans in colonial North America were thrust into a world at least as new as that confronting the ever-increasing numbers of European immigrants and transplanted Africans is a simple yet important truth that students of the period have overlooked. The failure to explore the Native Americans' new world helps to explain why the history of the colonial period often remains a history of Europeans and Africans. One reason Native Americans have been left out may be historians' apparent inability to fit them into the New World theme, a theme that exerts a powerful hold on historians' imagination. From Turner to Allen, from Herskovits to Littlefield, scholars have analyzed encounters between peoples from the Old World and conditions in the New World. Since Native Americans had not recently arrived from a faraway land, it must have seemed logical to exclude them.
Recent research, however, suggests that perhaps historians should think of a "world" as the physical and cultural milieu within which people live and a "new world" as a dramatically different milieu demanding basic changes in ways of life. Considered in these terms, the experience of Native Americans was more closely akin to that of immigrants, and the idea of an encounter between worlds can, and indeed must, include the original inhabitants of America.
Recent research, however, suggests that perhaps historians should think of a "world" as the physical and cultural milieu within which people live and a "new world" as a dramatically different milieu demanding basic changes in ways of life. Considered in these terms, the experience of Native Americans was more closely akin to that of immigrants, and the idea of an encounter between worlds can, and indeed must, include the original inhabitants of America.
1. In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with
A. disclosing new evidence
B. correcting a factual error
C. recommending a new approach
D. summarizing a scholarly debate
E. assessing conflicting information
A. disclosing new evidence
B. correcting a factual error
C. recommending a new approach
D. summarizing a scholarly debate
E. assessing conflicting information
2. The passage suggests that the "failure to explore the Native Americans' new world" (see highlighted text) resulted from historians'
A. emphasis on the contrast between the Old World and the New World
B. lack of familiarity with the precolonial history of Native Americans
C. inability to document the activities of Native Americans in colonial America
D. inability to reconstruct the interactions between Native Americans and immigrants to the New World
E. belief that physical environment has little effect on culture
A. emphasis on the contrast between the Old World and the New World
B. lack of familiarity with the precolonial history of Native Americans
C. inability to document the activities of Native Americans in colonial America
D. inability to reconstruct the interactions between Native Americans and immigrants to the New World
E. belief that physical environment has little effect on culture
3. The author of the passage mentions Turner and Herskovits in the highlighted text primarily in order to provide examples of historians who
A. provided provocative but flawed studies of the Native American past
B. failed to recount the experience of Native Americans in colonial America
C. carefully examined the logic of the exclusion of Native Americans from histories of the New World
D. recently revised their approach to the study of the history of colonial America
E. were unlike other historians in that they incorporated a "new world" theme into their works
A. provided provocative but flawed studies of the Native American past
B. failed to recount the experience of Native Americans in colonial America
C. carefully examined the logic of the exclusion of Native Americans from histories of the New World
D. recently revised their approach to the study of the history of colonial America
E. were unlike other historians in that they incorporated a "new world" theme into their works
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Explanation for Question 1
1. In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with
A. disclosing new evidence
The author does not disclose any new evidence.
Eliminate.
B. correcting a factual error
The author does not mention any factual errors. Rather, the author discusses "a simple yet important truth that students of the period have overlooked."
Overlooking something is not the same as making a factual error.
Eliminate.
C. recommending a new approach
In the passage, the author first discusses "a simple yet important truth that students of the period have overlooked" and why that truth has been overlooked. Then, in the second paragraph, the author says, "Recent research, however, suggests that perhaps historians should think of a 'world' as the physical and cultural milieu within which people live and a 'new world' as a dramatically different milieu demanding basic changes in ways of life."
So, basically, after introducing an issue in the first paragraph, the author makes a recommendation about how to think about that issue in a new way.
Thus, we can say that the author is primarily concerned with "recommending a new approach."
Keep.
D. summarizing a scholarly debate
The author does not discuss a debate. A debate involves two sides with different ideas arguing. The author discusses what people have done and what research indicates they could do differently, not a debate.
Eliminate.
E. assessing conflicting information
The information presented by the author is not conflicting. The information is simply that historians have taken one approach and perhaps should take a different one. Though the two approaches are different, none of the information presented conflicts with any of the other information presented.
Eliminate.
The correct answer is (C).
Explanation for Question 2
2. The passage suggests that the "failure to explore the Native Americans' new world" (see highlighted text) resulted from historians'
A. emphasis on the contrast between the Old World and the New World
Reviewing the passage, we see that it presents the following reason for historians' "failure to explore the Native Americans' new world."
One reason Native Americans have been left out may be historians' apparent inability to fit them into the New World theme, a theme that exerts a powerful hold on historians' imagination. From Turner to Allen, from Herskovits to Littlefield, scholars have analyzed encounters between peoples from the Old World and conditions in the New World. Since Native Americans had not recently arrived from a faraway land, it must have seemed logical to exclude them.
If historians "have analyzed encounters between peoples from the Old World and conditions in the New World," and excluded Native Americans because "Native Americans had not recently arrived from a faraway land," then the historians have emphasized "the contrast between the Old World and the New World" in deciding what to include.
So, this choice is supported by the passage.
Keep.
B. lack of familiarity with the precolonial history of Native Americans
The passage says nothing about historians' degree of familiarity with the precolonial history of Native Americans.
Eliminate.
C. inability to document the activities of Native Americans in colonial America
This choice is tricky because it seems plausible that historians have had trouble documenting the activities of Native Americans in colonial America.
At the same time, the passage mentions no "inability to document the activities of Native Americans."
The only "inability" mentioned is "historians' apparent inability to fit them into the New World theme," which involves an inability to understand how the Native Americans fit not an inability to document their activities.
D. inability to reconstruct the interactions between Native Americans and immigrants to the New World
This choice is tricky because it seems plausible that historians have had trouble reconstructing the interactions between Native Americans and immigrants to the New World.
At the same time, the passage mentions no inability to reconstruct those interactions.
The only "inability" mentioned is "historians' apparent inability to fit them into the New World theme," which involves an inability to understand how the Native Americans fit not an inability to reconstruct interactions.
E. belief that physical environment has little effect on culture
This choice is somewhat contrary to what the passage says.
The passage basically says that historians failed to explore the Native Americans' new world because the Native Americans' did not change physical locations: "Since Native Americans had not recently arrived from a faraway land, it must have seemed logical to exclude them."
So, it appears that historians did consider the effects of changes in physical environment on Europeans and Africans and excluded Native Americans because the historians felts that Native Americans' experiences during colonial times didn't involve such changes.
Eliminate.
The correct answer is (A).
Explanation for Question 3
3. The author of the passage mentions Turner and Herskovits in the highlighted text primarily in order to provide examples of historians who
A. provided provocative but flawed studies of the Native American past
The author does not say that Turner and Herskovits provided flawed studies of the Native American past. Rather, it uses them as examples of historians that "left out" the Native American past from what they studied.
B. failed to recount the experience of Native Americans in colonial America
The author says that historians "left out" Native Americans, in other words, that they "failed to recount (tell the story of) the experience of Native Americans."
Then, the author mentions "Turner and Herskovits" as examples of historians who have left out the experience of Native Americans.
So, we can see that the author mentions Turner and Herskovits to provide examples of historians who "failed to recount the experience of Native Americans in colonial America."
Keep.
C. carefully examined the logic of the exclusion of Native Americans from histories of the New World
The author carefully examines the logic of the exclusion of Native Americans from histories of the New World but does not say that Turner and Herskovits carefully examined that logic. Rather, the author indicates that Turner and Herskovits are two historians who excluded Native Americans from histories of the New World.
Eliminate.
D. recently revised their approach to the study of the history of colonial America
The author suggests that historians should revise their approach to the study of the history of colonial America but does not say that Turner and Herskovits have done so.
Eliminate.
E. were unlike other historians in that they incorporated a "new world" theme into their works
This choice is half right in that the author does indicate that Turner and Herskovits incorporated "the New World theme" into their works,.
However, this choice has a failure point in that the author does not indicate that, in incorporating the New World theme, Turner and Herskovits were "unlike other historians."
Eliminate.
The correct answer is (B).
1. In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with
A. disclosing new evidence
The author does not disclose any new evidence.
Eliminate.
B. correcting a factual error
The author does not mention any factual errors. Rather, the author discusses "a simple yet important truth that students of the period have overlooked."
Overlooking something is not the same as making a factual error.
Eliminate.
C. recommending a new approach
In the passage, the author first discusses "a simple yet important truth that students of the period have overlooked" and why that truth has been overlooked. Then, in the second paragraph, the author says, "Recent research, however, suggests that perhaps historians should think of a 'world' as the physical and cultural milieu within which people live and a 'new world' as a dramatically different milieu demanding basic changes in ways of life."
So, basically, after introducing an issue in the first paragraph, the author makes a recommendation about how to think about that issue in a new way.
Thus, we can say that the author is primarily concerned with "recommending a new approach."
Keep.
D. summarizing a scholarly debate
The author does not discuss a debate. A debate involves two sides with different ideas arguing. The author discusses what people have done and what research indicates they could do differently, not a debate.
Eliminate.
E. assessing conflicting information
The information presented by the author is not conflicting. The information is simply that historians have taken one approach and perhaps should take a different one. Though the two approaches are different, none of the information presented conflicts with any of the other information presented.
Eliminate.
The correct answer is (C).
Explanation for Question 2
2. The passage suggests that the "failure to explore the Native Americans' new world" (see highlighted text) resulted from historians'
A. emphasis on the contrast between the Old World and the New World
Reviewing the passage, we see that it presents the following reason for historians' "failure to explore the Native Americans' new world."
One reason Native Americans have been left out may be historians' apparent inability to fit them into the New World theme, a theme that exerts a powerful hold on historians' imagination. From Turner to Allen, from Herskovits to Littlefield, scholars have analyzed encounters between peoples from the Old World and conditions in the New World. Since Native Americans had not recently arrived from a faraway land, it must have seemed logical to exclude them.
If historians "have analyzed encounters between peoples from the Old World and conditions in the New World," and excluded Native Americans because "Native Americans had not recently arrived from a faraway land," then the historians have emphasized "the contrast between the Old World and the New World" in deciding what to include.
So, this choice is supported by the passage.
Keep.
B. lack of familiarity with the precolonial history of Native Americans
The passage says nothing about historians' degree of familiarity with the precolonial history of Native Americans.
Eliminate.
C. inability to document the activities of Native Americans in colonial America
This choice is tricky because it seems plausible that historians have had trouble documenting the activities of Native Americans in colonial America.
At the same time, the passage mentions no "inability to document the activities of Native Americans."
The only "inability" mentioned is "historians' apparent inability to fit them into the New World theme," which involves an inability to understand how the Native Americans fit not an inability to document their activities.
D. inability to reconstruct the interactions between Native Americans and immigrants to the New World
This choice is tricky because it seems plausible that historians have had trouble reconstructing the interactions between Native Americans and immigrants to the New World.
At the same time, the passage mentions no inability to reconstruct those interactions.
The only "inability" mentioned is "historians' apparent inability to fit them into the New World theme," which involves an inability to understand how the Native Americans fit not an inability to reconstruct interactions.
E. belief that physical environment has little effect on culture
This choice is somewhat contrary to what the passage says.
The passage basically says that historians failed to explore the Native Americans' new world because the Native Americans' did not change physical locations: "Since Native Americans had not recently arrived from a faraway land, it must have seemed logical to exclude them."
So, it appears that historians did consider the effects of changes in physical environment on Europeans and Africans and excluded Native Americans because the historians felts that Native Americans' experiences during colonial times didn't involve such changes.
Eliminate.
The correct answer is (A).
Explanation for Question 3
3. The author of the passage mentions Turner and Herskovits in the highlighted text primarily in order to provide examples of historians who
A. provided provocative but flawed studies of the Native American past
The author does not say that Turner and Herskovits provided flawed studies of the Native American past. Rather, it uses them as examples of historians that "left out" the Native American past from what they studied.
B. failed to recount the experience of Native Americans in colonial America
The author says that historians "left out" Native Americans, in other words, that they "failed to recount (tell the story of) the experience of Native Americans."
Then, the author mentions "Turner and Herskovits" as examples of historians who have left out the experience of Native Americans.
So, we can see that the author mentions Turner and Herskovits to provide examples of historians who "failed to recount the experience of Native Americans in colonial America."
Keep.
C. carefully examined the logic of the exclusion of Native Americans from histories of the New World
The author carefully examines the logic of the exclusion of Native Americans from histories of the New World but does not say that Turner and Herskovits carefully examined that logic. Rather, the author indicates that Turner and Herskovits are two historians who excluded Native Americans from histories of the New World.
Eliminate.
D. recently revised their approach to the study of the history of colonial America
The author suggests that historians should revise their approach to the study of the history of colonial America but does not say that Turner and Herskovits have done so.
Eliminate.
E. were unlike other historians in that they incorporated a "new world" theme into their works
This choice is half right in that the author does indicate that Turner and Herskovits incorporated "the New World theme" into their works,.
However, this choice has a failure point in that the author does not indicate that, in incorporating the New World theme, Turner and Herskovits were "unlike other historians."
Eliminate.
The correct answer is (B).
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1. In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with
C. recommending a new approach
The passage is primarily concerned with recommending a new approach to understanding the experiences of Native Americans in colonial North America.
- The author argues that the traditional approach of viewing the colonial period solely through the lens of European and African immigration overlooks the significant changes experienced by Native Americans themselves.
- The author proposes a new definition of "new world" that emphasizes the dramatic changes in environment and lifestyle, which would include the experiences of Native Americans.
- The author encourages historians to consider Native Americans as part of the "encounter between worlds" narrative.
2. The passage suggests that the "failure to explore the Native Americans' new world" (see highlighted text) resulted from historians'
A. emphasis on the contrast between the Old World and the New World
The author suggests that the existing framework for understanding the colonial period focuses on the "New World" experience of Europeans and Africans arriving from a different environment (Old World).
This focus on contrasting experiences, according to the author, led historians to exclude Native Americans who were already there.
3. The author of the passage mentions Turner and Herskovits in the highlighted text primarily in order to provide examples of historians who
B. failed to recount the experience of Native Americans in colonial America
The passage mentions a list of historians: "From Turner to Allen, from Herskovits to Littlefield". This structure suggests the author is using them as examples of a broader trend in historical scholarship.
The key point is in the following sentence: "Scholars have analyzed encounters between peoples from the Old World and conditions in the New World". This highlights how the focus has been on immigrants from Europe and Africa.
By implication, this focus on contrasting experiences from the "Old World" might have led to the exclusion of Native Americans who were already there. (This is the argument the author is making).
In short, Turner and Herskovits are cited as examples of historians who contributed to a historical narrative that marginalized or ignored Native American experiences in colonial America, focusing instead on European and African interactions with the New World.
C. recommending a new approach
The passage is primarily concerned with recommending a new approach to understanding the experiences of Native Americans in colonial North America.
- The author argues that the traditional approach of viewing the colonial period solely through the lens of European and African immigration overlooks the significant changes experienced by Native Americans themselves.
- The author proposes a new definition of "new world" that emphasizes the dramatic changes in environment and lifestyle, which would include the experiences of Native Americans.
- The author encourages historians to consider Native Americans as part of the "encounter between worlds" narrative.
2. The passage suggests that the "failure to explore the Native Americans' new world" (see highlighted text) resulted from historians'
A. emphasis on the contrast between the Old World and the New World
The author suggests that the existing framework for understanding the colonial period focuses on the "New World" experience of Europeans and Africans arriving from a different environment (Old World).
This focus on contrasting experiences, according to the author, led historians to exclude Native Americans who were already there.
3. The author of the passage mentions Turner and Herskovits in the highlighted text primarily in order to provide examples of historians who
B. failed to recount the experience of Native Americans in colonial America
The passage mentions a list of historians: "From Turner to Allen, from Herskovits to Littlefield". This structure suggests the author is using them as examples of a broader trend in historical scholarship.
The key point is in the following sentence: "Scholars have analyzed encounters between peoples from the Old World and conditions in the New World". This highlights how the focus has been on immigrants from Europe and Africa.
By implication, this focus on contrasting experiences from the "Old World" might have led to the exclusion of Native Americans who were already there. (This is the argument the author is making).
In short, Turner and Herskovits are cited as examples of historians who contributed to a historical narrative that marginalized or ignored Native American experiences in colonial America, focusing instead on European and African interactions with the New World.
