By the time the first white settlers arrived, Native Americans knew how to grow almost 100 different kinds of crops. These were used as medicines and dyes, as well as food. In addition to gathering and farming, most Native Americans hunted for meat. In the 1500s, the Spanish brought horses to America.
more ... The operation that reverses the effect of another operation. Example: Addition and subtraction are inverse operations. Start with 7, then add 3 we get 10, now subtract 3 and we get back to 7. Another Example: Multiplication and division are inverse operations. Start with 6, multiply by 2 we get 12, now divide by 2 and we get back to 6.
2. (Science: botany) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual. 3. (Science: mathematics) opposite in nature and effect; said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc whose sine is x. (Science: geometry) inverse figures, two points lying on a line drawn from the center of a fixed circle or sphere, and so related that the product of their distances from the center of the circle or sphere is equal to the square of the radius.