103: Europeans Arrival and Impact on Natives

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What was a major cause of the widespread destruction of Native populations?

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The introduction of European diseases.

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Why were the 'three sisters' (corn, beans, and squash) grown together by Native Americans?

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Corn provided tall stalks for beans to climb, beans contributed nitrogen to the soil, and squash spread along the ground providing shade to retain moisture.

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Which group lived in the mountainous region of South Carolina and built villages along rivers?

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The Cherokee.

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How did the Eastern Woodland Natives use natural resources?

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They used rivers for drinking, bathing, and fishing, and trees for canoes.

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An economic theory or system in which colonies send raw materials to the mother country in order to benefit the mother country and make it self-sufficient

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Mercantilism

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Walls built of a network of interwoven sticks and covered with mud or clay; used by early American Indian cultures to build wigwams

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Wattle & Daub

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To send settlers to a place and establish control over it

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Colonize

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Independent and self-governing with supreme authority describes being:

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Sovereign

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What describes kinship traced through the mother's family line?

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Matrilineal

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Where did the Catawba Nation live in South Carolina?

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They lived along the rivers of the Piedmont region