FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Other shelters were too difficult to build
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They could be easily taken apart to move to different locations
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They were made from things that were present in the area
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most peoples of the Southwest combined farming with hunting and gathering. In the dry environment a tribe’s nearness to water had a strong influence on how much it depended on one strategy or another. Groups who settled along the Colorado River or other major waterways could rely almost entirely on farming for food.
Detailed explanation-2: -Southwest Native Americans lived in Adobe homes. These houses had many levels in them and were made from clay and straw bricks. They were cemented together with adobe. Adobe homes housed one family, but the homes were connected together so many families lived next door to each other.
Detailed explanation-3: -hogan, traditional dwelling and ceremonial structure of the Navajo Indians of Arizona and New Mexico. Early hogans were dome-shaped buildings with log, or occasionally stone, frameworks. Once framed, the structure was then covered with mud, dirt, or sometimes sod.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Navajos used to make their houses, called hogans, of wooden poles, tree bark and mud. The doorway of each hogan opened to the east so they could get the morning sun as well as good blessings.