USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What animal, introduced by the Europeans changed life for the Native American Indians?
A
pigs
B
chickens
C
horses
D
cows
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Horses were first introduced to Native American tribes via European explorers. For the buffalo-hunting Plains Indians, the swift, strong animals quickly became prized.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the North American great plains, the arrival of the horse revolutionized Native American life, permitting tribes to hunt the buffalo far more effectively. Several Native American groups left farming to become buffalo-hunting nomads and, incidentally, the most formidable enemies of European expansion in the Americas.

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: -The Horse Changed Life For The Native Americans With the domestication of the American Indian horse, everything changed for the Native American people. The native people were now able to travel faster across land and take more with them.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Choctaw, Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Creek captured their first horses from the Spanish and became avid horse breeders in their original homes in the Southeast. Following the removal of these tribes to Oklahoma, they continued to breed horses.

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