Question

Read these sentences from the text.
The consequences of European arrival to North America negatively affected the relationships even between Native American tribes from time to time. Native Americans were suddenly scrambling to share resources with whole new groups of people who had access to powerful weapons, technology to build sturdy buildings, and the ability to call for reinforcements from thousands of miles away.

Based on this evidence, what conclusion can be drawn?


Native Americans had plenty of resources to share both with other tribes and with the European settlers.

Native Americans posed a greater threat to European settlers than the Europeans posed to Native Americans.

Native Americans faced the threat of war with the Europeans if they did not share their resources with the settlers.

Native Americans wanted to share their resources with the Europeans in order to gain access to weapons and building technology.

Answer 1

Based on the evidence provided, the conclusion that can be drawn is:

**Native Americans faced the threat of war with the Europeans if they did not share their resources with the settlers.**

This conclusion is supported by the mention of Native Americans scrambling to share resources with new groups of people who had powerful weapons, suggesting a sense of urgency and pressure to cooperate to avoid conflict.