FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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to express the “archeological mystery” about Cahokia that still remains
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to make readers wonder about the differences between the Omaha and the Pawnee
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to criticize the way Lewis and Clark treated the tribal groups they met
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to emphasize the connection between the Quapaw and the people of Cahokia
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Detailed explanation-1: -They might have started their own tribe. Why might the descendants of Cahokia have chosen to forget Cahokia? Because many of them were (possibly) members of other peoples.
Detailed explanation-2: -The descendants of Cahokians might include people in various tribal groups in the Plains and the South today: the Quapaw, Omaha, Pawnee, Chickasaw, Ponca, Mandan, Choclaw, and Osage, among others. One group might have descended from the Cahokian elite, and another from farmers.
Detailed explanation-3: -As the largest urban center on the continent, Cahokia became a center of religious devotion and trade. At its height, based on artifacts excavated, the city traded as far north as present-day Canada and as far south as Mexico as well as to the east and west.
Detailed explanation-4: -It is aUNESCO World Heritage Site and a State Historic Park. The village of Cahokia is the home of significant colonial and Federal-period buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Cahokia Courthouse (c 1740), in the French Colonial style, Church of the Holy Family (Cahokia) (c.