USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following group did NOT live in the Plains?
A
Mohicans
B
Lakota
C
Pawnee
D
Comanche
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Mohican lived in the upper tidal Hudson River Valley, including the confluence of the Mohawk River (where present-day Albany, New York, developed) and into western New England centered on the upper Housatonic River watershed.

Detailed explanation-2: -League of Six Nations The Iroquois proper of history comprise the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca tribes. The Tuscarora of North Carolina voluntarily moved to New York and about 1715 were admitted to the confederacy, which became known as the League of Six Nations.

Detailed explanation-3: -Uncas The son of Chingachgook, he is the last of the Mohicans. Popularly called Le Cerf Agile, he is a significant participant in one of the two love stories in the novel, and his tragic death marks the death of the entire tribe of Mohicans.

Detailed explanation-4: -Because the Mohican people chose to build their homes near the rivers where they would be close to food, water and transportation, they were sometimes called River Indians. Their homes, called wik-wams (wigwams), were circular and made of bent saplings covered with hides or bark.

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