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24 Cards in this Set
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Native Americans: Who Were the 2 Main Types of Native Americans |
Sioux and Cheyenne |
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Native Americans: Why Were the Natives Called ‘Indians’? |
Columbus thought he had arrived in India, and the name for the people stuck |
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Native Americans: How Did the Natives End up in America? |
They followed buffalo across Asia and Canada to the Plains |
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Native Americans: Give Uses for the Parts of the Buffalo |
Meat for food/Fur for clothing and decoration/Horns as Arrow Straighteners and Weapons/Hooves for glue and tools/Skin for tipis/Tongue for brushes |
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Native Americans: How Did the Natives Hunt Buffalo? |
On horses and isolated groups of buffalo so they could be easily killed |
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Native Americans: Describe the Hierarchy Structure of Native American Groups |
Overall Group, Not lead by an individual. Consists of tribes lead by band leaders. Tribes consist of bands that are lead by chiefs. |
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Native Americans: Name Famous Native Americans |
Crazy Horse/Sitting Bull/Geronimo |
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Native Americans: What Was the Role of Men in Native American Society? |
Defending Their Bands and Stopping Enemies |
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Native Americans: What was the Role of Women in Native American Society? |
Taking Care of Tipis, Making Clothes and Food and Taking Care of Possessions |
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Native Americans: How Were Children Brought Up and Viewed? |
Boys were taught how to fight and how to hunt buffalo, Girls were taught how to cook, deal with tipis and make clothes. Children were seen as the future of the bands and were always looked after well |
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Native Americans: How Were the Elderly Treated in Native American Society? |
The elderly were respected but were left behind if they were unable to move across the plains with the band |
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Native Americans: How Were the Indians Punished for Wrongdoing? |
They were shamed in front of the band and were sometimes banished |
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Native Americans: How Did Indians Fight Wars Between Bands/Tribes? |
They Touched/Struck each other with weapons and/or took their scalps |
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Native Americans: What Was the Counting Coup? |
Striking an enemy and gaining the highest honour. This was because it showed courage and bravery in the act of charging an enemy |
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Native Americans: What is Scalping? |
Killing an enemy and taking their scalp. This supposedly meant they couldn’t go to heaven. Other possessions were often taken when enemies were scalped |
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Native Americans: Describe the Indians Religious Attitudes |
They believed in spirits and took part in dances and ceremonies (such as the Sundance) |
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Native Americans: Who Was the ‘The Great Spirit’? |
Wakan Tanka. He created the world and all living things |
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Native Americans: What Did The Medicine Man Do? |
Contacted Spirits to heal people and opposed bad spirits. He would say rituals and chants to help protect his tribe |
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Settlers/Geography: Give Reasons For Settlers Wanting to Migrate to America |
New Start to Life/No Tax/Nicer Weather/Adventure/Gold/Freedom/No War |
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Settlers: Name the 3 Mountain Ranges in the Plains |
Sierra Nevada, The Rocky Mountains and The Appalachian Mountains |
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Settlers/Geography: Name the 2 Oceans Surrounding the Plains |
the Pacific and the Atlantic |
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Settlers/Geography: Give Reasons Why the Plains were Hard to Settle On |
Lots of rough terrain/Flat land was dry and low on resources/Flooding by the Mississippi River/Avalanches in the Mountains |
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Settlers/Geography: Who Were the Mountain Men? |
Men Who went to the Rocky’s to hunt animals and set up trails that lead westward when the crossed the Plains |
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Settlers/Geography: Who Was the Most Famous of the Mountain Men and What did He Do? |
Jim Bridger, set up Fort Bridger, a point for migrators to stop at and re-supply. He also discovered many trails that could be used to cross America |
