Studies Weekly: Week 8

What evidence supports an extensive trade and network across North America?

• desert pigments used in artwork from Ohio

• shelters on the Plains made from bison hides

• farming tribes eating squash for daily meals

• beautiful shell jewelry made by coastal tribes

Why might a coastal tribe trade rare shells for eating utensils?

• Traders prefer to walk long distances.

• No one in the tribe can make utensils.

• Seashells are used to make jewelry.

• They do not like eating seafood.

Tribes traded information as well as goods.

• True

• False

Edna exchanges her apple for Tyler's orange. This is an example of selling.

• True

• False

What happens to the price of a good when scarcity or demand increase?

• It decreases.

• Nothing.

• It increases.

• It is negotiated.

All trade in ancient America occurred in large trading centers.

• True

• False

What is a middleman in trade?

• Someone who manufactures resources into goods.

• The person who travels to a trading center.

• Someone who bargains for the best price.

• A person who takes goods from a seller to a buyer.

What trading material was a hard stone used to make useful objects?

• copper

• squash

• flint

• shells