USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
They used the buffalo for:
A
playing, eating, petting
B
food, clothing, shelter
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The skin of the buffalo was used in making the typee which was a mobile tent that the Plains Indians used for shelter. The skin of the buffalo was also used in making clothing, rugs and blankets that clothed and keep the people warm in the cold winters.

Detailed explanation-2: -The bison provided them with meat for food, hides for clothing and shelter, and horns and bones for tools. They would even use the bladder to hold water. For the Plains Indians, bison equaled survival.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Arapaho, Assiniboine, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Gros Ventre, Kiowa, Plains Apache, Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwe, Sarsi, Shoshone, Sioux, and Tonkawa. and were all nomadic tribes who followed the buffalo herds and lived in tipis.

Detailed explanation-4: -The buffalo provided food, shelter and clothing for nomadic tribes. When the tribes could not follow the herds, because they were confined to one area, they starved.

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