FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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Either A or B
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Eastern Woodlands is a large region that stretches from the northeastern coast of present-day United States and the Maritimes to west of the Great Lakes. It extends southwest to present-day Illinois and east to coastal North Carolina.
Detailed explanation-2: -Today the Eastern Woodlands are in the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island. The tribes that lived in the Eastern Woodlands region were the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Huron tribes. The two dominant languages were the Algonquian and Iroquois languages.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Eastern Woodlands Indians inhabited an area that ranged from the Atlantic seaboard to the Mississippi, and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Like all cultures, the many different Native American societies in this region changed over time.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Woodlands Native Americans worshipped the spirits of nature. They believed in a Supreme Being who was all-powerful. Shamanism was part of their religious practices. A shaman is a person who, while in a trance, can communi-cate with the spirits.