Native Americans
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- What were some things that the Native Americans traded with the Europeans?
- The Native Americans traded furs to the Europeans for cloth, guns, sugar, coffee, and iron pots and knives.
- How did horses change life for the Indians?
- Riding horses made it easier for Indians to hunt. It made it easier for Indians to fight their enemies. Horses allowed Indians to travel further much more quickly.
- What are some animals that Europeans brought to the New World?
- The Europeans brought horses, cows, chickens, pigs, and sheep.
- The Plains Indians depended on what animal for food, clothing, homes, and blankets?
- The buffalo was used for food, clothing, homes, tools, blankets, and many other things.
- What are some of the plants that the Europeans learned about from the Indians?
- The Indians introduced potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, tomatoes, peanuts, tobacco, and chocolate made from cocoa beans to the Europeans.
- Did all Indians live in teepees?
- No, different tribes lived in different types of houses, depending on the natural resources found in their area. (Teepees, wigwams, chickees, longhouses, pueblos etc.)
- What Indian Nation was the first to have a written language?
- The Cherokee Indians.
- Did all Indians live just alike?
- No, the different tribes had different types of houses, clothes, languages, food, customs, and religions.
- Who introduced horses to the Native Americans?
- The Spanish brought horses to the New World.
- What does "barter" mean?
- The word "barter" means to trade.