Chapter 2

Question 1

diplomatic

Answer 1

showing an ability to deal with people in a sensitive and effective way

Question 2

domesticate

Answer 2

to tame an animal and keep it as a pet or for farming

Question 3

immunity

Answer 3

the ability to resist disease or infection

Question 4

Fort Orleans

Answer 4

helped the French control the land that would become Kansas

Question 5

the plains region

Answer 5

was not explored for many years because Francisco Vasquez de Coronado did not discover any gold there

Question 6

ee-lon-shka

Answer 6

a Kansa dance performed by the Osage

Question 7

pottery

Answer 7

improved the way early humans stored food

Question 8

“trash” of early humans is tells researchers that…

Answer 8

they were becoming more successful

Question 9

communal

Answer 9

belonging to or shared by the members of a community

Question 10

descendant

Answer 10

a living thing that is descended from a particular ancestor

Question 11

historic

Answer 11

relating to the period after written records were used

Question 12

nomadic

Answer 12

relating to people who move from place to place regularly

Question 13

political

Answer 13

relating to the government or the public affairs of a country or group

Question 14

Native American groups in Kansas include…

Answer 14

Cheyenne, Pawnee, Kansa, Arapaho, Apache, Wichita, Kiowa, Comanche, Kiowa, Osage

Question 15

alliance

Answer 15

a partnership between groups at war to stop fighting