Indiana CORE Exam: Social Studies—Historical Perspectives Questions & Answers Correctly Answered.

Squanto - Answer-an Algonquian, helped english settlers survive the hard winter by teaching them thenative methods of planting corn, squash and pumpkins. Pocahontas - Answer-an Algonquian became famous as a liaison with John Smith's Jamestown colony in 1607. Sacagawea - Answer-a Shoshone, served a vital role in the Lewis and Clark expedition when the two explores hired her as their guide in 1805. Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull and Cheyenne troops - Answer-in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876 soundly defeating George Armstrong Custer. Chief Joseph - Answer-a leader of the Nez Perce, who supported peaceful interactions with shite settlers attempted to relocate his trib to Canada rather than move them to a reservation The Algonquians - Answer-in the eastern part of the US lived in wigwams. The northern tribes subsisted on hunting and gathering, while those who were farther south grew crops such as corn. The Iroquois - Answer-an east coast tribe, spoke a different language from the Algonquians and lived in rectangular longhouses. The Plains - Answer-tribes lived between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. Nomadic tribes, they lived in teepees and followed the buffalo herds. Plains tribes included the Sioux, Cheyenne, Comanche, and Blackfoot. The Pueblos - Answer-included Zuni, Hope, Acoma. lived in Southwest deserts in homes made of stone or adobe. They domesticated animals and cultivated corn and beans. Trips on Pacific Coast - Answer-Tlingit, Chinook and Salish. lived on fish, deer, native berries and roots. Rectangular homes housed large family groups and used Totem polesTribes in the Far North - Answer-Aleuts and Inuit. Skin tents or igloos. talented fishermen built kayaks and umiaks. Hunted caribou, seals, whales and walrus. Age of Exploration (age of discovery) - Answer-begun in an early 15th century to 17th century. Major developments in technology navigation, mapmaking, and shipbuilding. European exploration from Portueges, Spain, France an, England to Asia. Lead to colonization of India, Asia, Africa and North America What did Portuguese achieve during Age of Exploration? - Answer-Sea route from Europe to Asia in 1498 Where did the astrolabe come from? - Answer-Europe from Arab navigators and traders who refined it from the ancient Greeks