USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What did the Great Plains use as their homes while they hunted?
A
castle
B
longhouses
C
tepees
D
adobe
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As Native Americans on the Plains became more focused on hunting, they became more nomadic. They constructed teepees-conical tents made out of buffalo skin and wood-shelters that were easy to put up and take down if a band was following a buffalo herd for hunting.

Detailed explanation-2: -Teepee is a tall, cone-shaped tent dwelling used by the plains’ Indians, and was made by stretching buffalo skin over a skeleton of 20-30 wooden poles, all slanted towards a central point and tied together near the top. A flap at the top allowed smoke to escape, and a flap at the bottom served as a doorway.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tipis were made out of buffalo hide (usually between 8-15 hides) sewn together. A frame of three or four poles would start the process of building up the tipi. Most finished tipis would have between 15-25 poles before it was covered with the hide. You could fit (depending on the size) 8-40 people in a tipi.

Detailed explanation-4: -tepee, also spelled tipi, conical tent most common to the North American Plains Indians. Although a number of Native American groups used similar structures during the hunting season, only the Plains Indians adopted tepees as year-round dwellings, and then only from the 17th century onward.

Detailed explanation-5: -A wigwam is a dome-shaped shelter, covered in bark or hides, built and used by Native Americans. It’s also a really fun word to say out loud. One type of Native American shelter is the teepee. While a teepee has a pointy top, a wigwam is curved like a dome.

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