American West Flashcards
1
Q
What name do the Sioux give themselves?
A
Lakota
2
Q
Who made a historical mistake about American the ‘Indians’?
A
Christopher Colombus
3
Q
Name one other Native American tribe other than the Sioux.
A
Arapaho, Cheyenne, Shoshone, Apache, Cherokee, etc
4
Q
Name two ways that the Sioux used the buffalo
A
Clothing, shoes, tipis, hairbrush, etc
5
Q
What was a coup stick?
A
A stick for poking an enemy during a battle
6
Q
How would the Sioux prepare to go to war?
A
Ceremonial dance
7
Q
What type of lifestyle did the Sioux have?
A
Nomadic
8
Q
What was the Sioux Nation?
A
The overall term for all the Sioux tribes who lived independently
9
Q
What does the term polygamy mean?
A
Having more than one wife
10
Q
Where were the Great Plains?
A
Grasslands to the west of the Mississippi and the east of the Rocky Mountains
