In your response you should do the following:
- Respond to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis or claim that establishes a line of reasoning.
- Describe a broader historical context relevant to the prompt.
- Support an argument in response to the prompt using at least two pieces of specific and relevant evidence.
- Use historical reasoning (e.g., comparison, causation, continuity or change over time) to frame or structure an argument that addresses the prompt.
- Demonstrate a complex understanding of a historical development related to the prompt through sophisticated argumentation and/or effective use of evidence.
2. Evaluate the extent to which the natural environment shaped the social and economic development of Native American societies in the Southwest and the Northeast from 1491 to 1607.
3. Evaluate the causes of the development of the Spanish caste system (sistema de castas) and racially based social hierarchies in the Americas from 1492 to 1607.
4. Evaluate the extent to which interactions between Europeans and Native Americans changed Indigenous diplomatic and cultural practices in North America from 1492 to 1607.