USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which region made their homes, called pueblos, from adobe?
A
Northeast
B
Artic
C
Southwest
D
Plains
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Indians living in far west Texas did not have access to tall grasses for thatch or buffalo hides to cover their homes. What they did have was dirt, rock, and straw and, with these materials, they made their adobe houses in communities called pueblos .

Detailed explanation-2: -Today, Pueblo people are located primarily in New Mexico. At one time, the Pueblo homeland reached into what is now Colorado and Arizona, where incredible dwellings and trading centers were established at sites such as Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico and Mesa Verde in southwestern Colorado.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pueblo architecture comes from the traditional dwellings of the Puebloans, or Pueblo peoples, a southwestern Native American tribe. In Spanish, pueblo translates to “village, ” referring to the Puebloans’ iconic style of building.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Puebloans or Pueblo peoples, are Native Americans in the Southwestern United States who share common agricultural, material, and religious practices. Among the currently inhabited Pueblos, Taos, San Ildefonso, Acoma, Zuni, and Hopi are some of the best-known.

Detailed explanation-5: -The three main groups of the Pueblo people were the Mogollon, Hohokam, and Anasazi.

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