USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What has Native American names and follows the routes of Native American paths and trails?
A
highways
B
rivers
C
parks
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Great Indian Warpath (GIW)-also known as the Great Indian War and Trading Path, or the Seneca Trail-was that part of the network of trails in eastern North America developed and used by Native Americans which ran through the Great Appalachian Valley.

Detailed explanation-2: -Prominent tribes include the Algonquin, Iroquois, Huron, Wampanoag, Mohican, Mohegan, Ojibwa, Ho-chunk (Winnebago), Sauk, Fox, and Illinois.

Detailed explanation-3: -Micanopy – named after Seminole chief Micanopy. Myakka City – from unidentified Native American language. Ocala – from Timucua meaning “Big Hammock". Pensacola – from the Choctaw name of a Muskogean group, “hair people", from pashi, “hair” + oklah, “people".

Detailed explanation-4: -The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail commemorates the removal of the Cherokee and the paths that 17 Cherokee detachments followed westward. Today the trail encompasses about 2, 200 miles of land and water routes, and traverses portions of nine states.

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