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ch. 2 social studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What early civilization developed a counting system using zero? | Mayan |
| Why did Native Americans in the Artic have to band together? | They had to share food. |
| What was the most important resource to people of the Eastern Woodlands? | Wood |
| Beside water, what was the most important natural resource for the Plains people? | Buffalo |
| Why did Native Americans begin to live in larger more settled villages? | They developed agriculture. |
| What is migration? | a movement of people |
| According to the Land Bridge Theory, which continent did Native Americans come from? | Asia |
| What was the purpose of the Iropuois League? | resolve conflicts among the people and groups |
| What was the main difference between Iroquois and Algonquian people? | the language they spoke |
| What was used to build tepees, longhouses and pueblos? | 1. Teepes - buffalo skin for cover and sticks for the frame 2. longhouses - trees for the frame and bark for the cover 3. pueblos - sun dried bricks, clay and cliffs |
| How were the people of the Arctic able to adapt their shelter to their environment? | They used ice to make igloos |
| What are some things that are common to most Native American Tribes? Name a few thing you have read about. | They all share a love and respect for the land; they all use the resources around them to survive; they all create legends to describe what happens in nature. |
| What resources did the Northwest Coast people have that were important to them? | fertile soil, whales and fish from the ocean, trees to use for shelter |
| Why were trees more important to the Morthwest Coast and Eastern Woodland tribes than to the Plains people? | The Plains people were nomadic. They traveled with the buffalo and needed houses that were easy to move so they didn't need trees. Trees were important to the other tribes because they were hunters and gathers and they had many trees. |