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SS Ch2 S3 - 6P
for Adam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who are the Plains people? | People living on the interior plains, between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains. |
| What is the buffalo? | The American bison |
| Describe a buffalo hunt | Sneak up on buffalo wearing buffalo skills; a group signal is given and the hunters yell to scare the buffalo; hunters scare the buffalo toward a cliff and they run them off |
| Why did they hunt on foot and not on horse? | Horses weren't in North America until the 1500s, when the Spanish brought them. |
| What was the main source of food for Natives on the plains? | Buffalo; they ate it cooked or raw; mixed with fat and berries to make pemmican (dried meat that could be stored) |
| How was the buffalo stomach used? | water jugs |
| How was the skin of the buffalo used? | clothing, shelter, shields, drums, moccasins |
| How was the buffalo hair used? | twisted into cords |
| How was the buffalo horns used? | tools, cups, spoons |
| How was the buffalo hooves used? | glue |
| How was the buffalo bones used? | tools, pipes, arrowheads |
| What are buffalo chips? | Buffalo poop - dried and used for fuel for campfires; it burned slowly and was good for cooking and warmth |
| How much does the American bison weigh? | about 2,000 pounds |
| Where do you find American bison today? | national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, fenced in on privately owned land |
| Who are the people in the Central Plains? | the Iowa, the Missouri and small parts of the Souix (Nakota) |
| Central Plains - what did they hunt? | deer, elk, buffalo |
| Describe the lodges of the Central Plains people. | large, round earth homes; each lodge was home to several families; built over a small pit; fireplace in center with hole in roof to allow smoke to exit |
| Who are the Nomadic Society? | Cheyenne, Kiowa, Craw; they lived in the western Great Plains |
| What kind of shelters did the Nomadic Society have? | Shelters that were easy to move. Tepees - cone shaped tent; wooden poles set in a circle and tied at the top; covered with buffalo skin with hole at the top to let smoke out |
| What was a travois? | A carrier - 2 wooden poles tied together at one end and harnessed to a dog; used to carry goods on buffalo skin |
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