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]
Which Native American tribe adapted to their environment by building an irrigation system?
A
Seminole
B
Hopi
C
Nez Perce
D
Kwakiutl
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Hopi Indians used irrigation to water their crops. They dug long ditches from rivers for water to travel from. This helped them grow crops like corn, squash, and beans. They used the clay from the land to build their adobe style homes, which were large and housed many families.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Hopi have always been outstanding weavers and artisans. They cultivated cotton to make cloth, which they traded with other Indian peoples as far south as Northern Mexico. The Hopi were experts at dyeing and embroidery. The Hopi have been refining the art of pottery-making for nearly a thousand years.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Hopi people trace their history in Arizona to more than 2, 000 years, but their history as a people goes back many more thousands of years. According to their legends, the Hopi migrated north to Arizona from the south, up from what is now South America, Central America and Mexico.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Hopi are a Native American ethnic group who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census, there are 19, 338 Hopi in the country.

Detailed explanation-5: -They used animal skins (deerskin) as clothing. Shelter was made from the material around them (saplings, leaves, small branches, animal fur). Native peoples of the past farmed, hunted, and fished. They used natural resources such as rock, twine, bark, and oyster shell to farm, hunt, and fish.

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