USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the main basis used to group Eastern Woodlands peoples as Iroquois or Algonquian?
A
the way they hunted
B
what they wore
C
language they spoke
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Indigenous people of the Eastern Woodlands spoke languages belonging to several language groups, including Algonquian, Iroquoian, Muskogean, and Siouan, as well as apparently isolated languages such as Calusa, Chitimacha, Natchez, Timucua, Tunica and Yuchi. Many of these languages are still spoken today.

Detailed explanation-2: -Eastern Woodlands Indigenous peoples belong to two unrelated language families, Iroquoian and Algonquian.

Detailed explanation-3: -A majority of Eastern Woodlands tribes spoke Iroquoian or Algonquian. The Iroquois speakers included the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Huron. The Iroquoian tribes were primarily deer hunters but they also grew corn, squash, and beans, they gathered nuts and berries, and they fished.

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