USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What region used whales for food, tool, ect?
A
Southwest
B
Northwest Coast
C
Great Plains
D
Eastern Woodlands
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Traditional carving implements included adzes, mauls, wedges, chisels, drills, and curved knives, all made of stone; sharkskin was used for sanding or polishing wooden items. As far south as the Columbia River, wooden boxes were made of red cedar boards that were kerfed-cut nearly through transversely.

Detailed explanation-2: -Common Resources. The abundance and usefulness of certain natural resources was a common element amongst many Northwest coast Native Peoples. These include western red cedar, salmon, deer, elk, huckleberry, wapato and camas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Historically, the Northwest Coast people inhabited a narrow belt of North American Pacific coastland and offshore islands from the southern border of Alaska to northwestern California. Their world stretched from Yakutat Bay, in the northeastern Gulf of Alaska, south to Cape Mendocino, in present-day California.

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