USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following was NOT used as a means for travel for NY Native Americans?
A
horses
B
canoes
C
snow shoes
D
walking
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Horses transformed travel. Before the arrival of horses, Native people traveled on foot or by canoe. When the hunting tribes of the Great Plains moved camp, tipis and household goods were usually carried by women, or by dogs pulling travois. The distance anyone could travel in a day was limited.

Detailed explanation-2: -common American belief, but one without basis in fact. All of the tribes that had horses used saddles. The saddles were of two main types; the earliest used and most common was patterned after that of the Spaniards. It had a wooden tree and iron or rawhide-covered wooden stirrups.

Detailed explanation-3: -Horses revolutionized Native life and became an integral part of tribal cultures, honored in objects, stories, songs, and ceremonies. Horses changed methods of hunting and warfare, modes of travel, lifestyles, and standards of wealth and prestige.

Detailed explanation-4: -What was the Trail of Tears? The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation during the 1830s of Indigenous peoples of the Southeast region of the United States (including the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole, among others) to the so-called Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.

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