prep2-essay14-47

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Maps made by non-Native Americans to depict Native American land tenure, resources, and population distributions appeared almost as early as Europeans' first encounters with Native Americans and took many forms:  missionaries' field sketches, explorers' drawings, and surveyors' maps, as well as maps rendered in connection with treaties involving land transfers. Most existing maps of Native American lands are reconstructions that are based largely on archaeology, oral reports, and evidence gathered from observers' accounts in letters, diaries, and official reports; accordingly, the accuracy of these maps is especially dependent on the mapmakers' own interpretive abilities.

 

Many existing maps also reflect the 150-year role of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in administering tribal lands. Though these maps incorporate some information gleaned directly from Native Americans, rarely has Native American cartography contributed to this official record, which has been compiled, surveyed, and authenticated by non-Native Americans.  Thus our current cartographic record relating to Native American tribes and their migrations and cultural features, as well as territoriality and contemporary trust lands, reflects the origins of the data, the mixed purposes for which the maps have been prepared, and changes both in United States government policy and in non-Native Americans' attitudes toward an understanding of Native Americans.

 

Question #47.  553-06  (23494-!-item-!-188;#058&000553-06)

 

Which of the following best describes the content of the passage?

 

(A) A chronology of the development of different methods for mapping Native American lands

(B) A discussion of how the mapmaking techniques of Native Americans differed from those of Europeans

(C) An argument concerning the present-day uses to which historical maps of Native American lands are put

(D) An argument concerning the nature of information contained in maps of Native American lands

(E) A proposal for improving the accuracy of maps of Native American lands

 

为什么要选D啊 ？  

Question #47.  553-06  (23494-!-item-!-188;#058&000553-06)

 

Which of the following best describes the content of the passage?

 

(A) A chronology of the development of different methods for mapping Native American lands

(B) A discussion of how the mapmaking techniques of Native Americans differed from those of Europeans

(C) An argument concerning the present-day uses to which historical maps of Native American lands are put

(D) An argument concerning the nature of information contained in maps of Native American lands

(E) A proposal for improving the accuracy of maps of Native American lands

 

为什么要选D啊 ？  

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Question #47.  553-06  (23494-!-item-!-188;#058&000553-06)

 Which of the following best describes the content of the passage?

 Which of the following best describes the content of the passage?

(A) A chronology of the development of different methods for mapping Native American lands 

(B) A discussion of how the mapmaking techniques of Native Americans differed from those of Europeans

(C) An argument concerning the present-day uses to which historical maps of Native American lands are put

(D) An argument concerning the nature of information contained in maps of Native American lands

(E) A proposal for improving the accuracy of maps of Native American lands

  整个文章是在说，non-Native Americans画Native Americans的地图，然后地图体现了的一些信息，AB先排除，不关事关于

技术方法，C说关于现在对以前的使用，E说提高这个准确度，都不对，只有D说，是关于MAP中体现的信息，全篇都在说这个

  整个文章是在说，non-Native Americans画Native Americans的地图，然后地图体现了的一些信息，AB先排除，不关事关于

技术方法，C说关于现在对以前的使用，E说提高这个准确度，都不对，只有D说，是关于MAP中体现的信息，全篇都在说这个

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Though these maps incorporate some information gleaned directly from Native Americans, rarely has Native American cartography contributed to this official record, which has been compiled, surveyed, and authenticated by non-Native Americans. 

请问这句话该怎么翻译？

另外，

第二段的Thus our current cartographic record ...的map是指第一段中的Maps made by non-Native Americans？还是当代由native american制作的map呢？