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NC History-Table 2A
Question | Answer |
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Describe the US geographical region that includes the Great Plains. | The Rocky Mountains |
What was the most important plant in the plains? | Grass |
What was the most important animal inhabiting the plains. | Buffalo |
What natural resource did the plains Indians depend on for their way of life? | Buffalo |
What was the name of a tribe of Native Americans who lived on the plains. | The Pawnee Tribe |
What is a NOMAD? | A person who wanders from place to place. |
What type of plant dominated the eastern woodlands? | Trees |
Describe the area of North America included in the eastern woodlands. | The lands east of the Mississippi. |
How did the Native Americans of the eastern woodlands produce food? | The planted seeds in the ashes of burnt trees till the soil wore out. |
Describe slash-and-burn agriculture. | They use axes to bark trees and leave them to dry and die, then burnt them to plant new crops. |
What was the Iroquois League and what was its purpose. | A council to stop warfare in member groups. |