Identify the statement that is false.

Identify the statement that is false.
 
  a. Most native peoples of North America lived in small, scattered, and impermanent settlements prior to the arrival of Europeans.
  b. In more settled agricultural groups, women tended the crops while men hunted.
  c. Many North American groups developed matrilineal cultures, where power and possessions passed down the female side of the family line.
  d. Native Americans rejected the belief that the physical world was endowed with spiritual properties.
  e. Native Americans had neither the desire nor the means to manipulate nature aggressively.