List 6 geographical obstacles someone travelling from east to California may face before the railways arrived.
Droughts, rain shadows, severe snow, difference in temperature, tornadoes and continental climate.
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Describe the different vegetation found on the High Plains and the Low Plains.
Low Plains - Long grass (L for low and long) High Plains - Short grass.
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Why is the weather on the Great Plains so much more severe that that of Britain of the American coasts?
Britain is never very far from the sea and has fairly even temperatures and mild weather.
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Name three Native American tribes with the correct spelling.
Pawnee, Sioux, Blackfoot.
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What animal was at the centre of the nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle of the Plains Indians?
The buffalo.
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What was the impact of the horse on the Plains Indians?
Horses made it easier for the Native Americans to hunt and transport food and other belongings.
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Why did most of the Plains Indians not suffer as badly from the epidemics that hit many other native American tribes?
Becuase most of the Plain Indians were nomadic so they were scattered and less vulnerable than farmers to epidemics of European diseases such as; Smallpox and cholera.
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How fixed were tribal boundaries over the years?
They did not buy or sell land, land was free
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Name and describe two tribes that didn't fit the hunter-gatherer stereotype.
Tlingits (wes) - relied heavily on craft and trade. Navajos (south) - became successful shepards after the introduction of sheep an goats.
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What place did the warrior have in Native American culture?
Tribal warfare was part of the culture of many Native Americans. Low intensity earfare and raiding for animals and captives was a part of life and the usual way for men to gain prestige.
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What was 'counting coup'.
Riding up to an enemy and merely touching him with a special stck then getting away.
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Name three things that Native American women were responsible for.
1. Tanning buffalo 2. Making tipis (buffalo hide lodges) 3. Making most of the finished goods. Women owned the things they made which gave them power.
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What is our place in the natural world according to traditional Native American spirituality?
The Native Americans believed that humans are part of Natures and not masters over it.
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Describe the difference between the Native American Great Spirit and the Christian god.
It was not a sentinent (conscious) entity in the way that the god of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith is. The Great Spirit could not be given human characteristics (anthropomorphised).
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Many Native American spiritual beliefs placed great importance in circles. Give a reason for this.
Native American beliefs emphasised the interdependance of all things - they saw all things as being connected. For this reason circles were spiritually important to them.
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Why might Native Americans have disliked mining?
They believed even non-living things in nature like rocks and mountains had spirits. Activities like mining could easily be believed to upset spirits.
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Who where the "Medicine Men"?
Members of Native American tribes who were importat for their connection to the power of the spirits. Medicine men had strength, courage and understanding of both visible and invisible worlds.
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Why is so little known of the history of America before the settlers arrived?
The Native Americans did not have writing. Important ideas and histories of the tribes were passed from generation to generation by telling stories. Terrible epidemics killed off many of the old people, and many stories were lost witt them.
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Card 2
Front
List 6 geographical obstacles someone travelling from east to California may face before the railways arrived.
Back
Droughts, rain shadows, severe snow, difference in temperature, tornadoes and continental climate.
Card 3
Front
Describe the different vegetation found on the High Plains and the Low Plains.
Back
Card 4
Front
Why is the weather on the Great Plains so much more severe that that of Britain of the American coasts?
Back
Card 5
Front
Name three Native American tribes with the correct spelling.
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