USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A group of Native American families with a common ancestor is called a ____ ?
A
tribe
B
clan
C
ancestor
D
sachem
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct option is B clan. A group of families that claim descent from a common ancestor is called a clan. A dynasty is a lineage of kings. Tribes are communities that pursue agriculture, herding and hunter-gatherer professions and lack rigid social hierarchies.

Detailed explanation-2: -A tribe is a human social group comprising numerous families, clans, or generations together with slaves, dependents, or adopted strangers. A tribe, though classically based on a remote common ancestor and thus shared kinship, is typically a political or ethnic unit that shares a common culture, language, and religion.

Detailed explanation-3: -A clan is an extended family. Your clan might include your parents and siblings, but also your cousins and second cousins, aunts and uncles, and grandparents. Families that are related to each other, whether through marriage or as distant cousins, are members of the same clan.

Detailed explanation-4: -In biology and genetic genealogy, the most recent common ancestor (MRCA), also known as the last common ancestor (LCA) or concestor, of a set of organisms is the most recent individual from which all the organisms of the set are descended.

Detailed explanation-5: -Definition. Clan families are a group of families or households that claim descent from a common ancestor. These types of social groups create a sense of belonging to and with one another based upon claims that manifest into a form of active solidarity with and between clan members.

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