USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The protective wall around Iroquois and Algonquin villages were called:
A
pallisades
B
Tillanook
C
Adobe
D
Quipu
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Longhouses were the traditional homes for many of the farming tribes of American Indians that lived in southern New England, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. The Haudenosaunee people of upstate New York were among them.

Detailed explanation-2: -Algonquians. Iroquois means “real snakes” and is an Algonquian word (they were enemies) Originally: Kanonsionni-people of the longhouse. Now: Haudenosaunee-6 separate Indian nations: Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, Tuscarora.

Detailed explanation-3: -Iroquois Society The Iroquoi Tribes, also known as the Haudenosuanee, are known for many things. But they are best known for their longhouses. Each longhouse was home to many members of a Haudenosuanee family. The longhouse was the center of Iroquois life.

Detailed explanation-4: -The peoples who spoke Iroquoian languages occupied a continuous territory around Lakes Ontario, Huron, and Erie in present-day New York state and Pennsylvania (U.S.) and southern Ontario and Quebec (Canada).

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