Let’s go through each question one by one, using the information from the reading passage.
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1. What does nomadic hunters mean?
The text says: “The Native Americans who lived on the Great Plains were mostly nomadic hunters, meaning they moved from place to place to follow wildlife.”
So, “nomadic hunters” means people who don’t stay in one place — they travel around to find animals to hunt for food and other needs.
✔ Answer: People who move from place to place to follow and hunt wild animals.
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2. Who introduced horses to North America?
The text says: “The Spanish explorers of the 16th century brought horses to North America.”
So, it was the Spanish explorers who brought horses.
✔ Answer: The Spanish explorers.
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3. What were the portable homes called?
The text says: “They lived in portable homes, called tepees or tipis…”
So, their movable homes were called tepees (or tipis).
✔ Answer: Tepees (or tipis).
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4. Why were buffalo almost extinct?
The text explains: “The westward movement of the United States changed the tribes forever. Large hunts by white American killed so many buffalo that the animal was almost extinct by the end of the 19th century.”
Also: “Buffalo were difficult to hunt on foot… As a result, buffalo herds were now grazing areas for their horses.” But the main reason they became almost extinct is because white Americans hunted them in huge numbers.
✔ Answer: Because large numbers of white Americans hunted them until very few were left.
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5. What are reservations?
The text says: “After many battles with the U.S. Army, many of the Plains tribes were forced to settle on reservations, which were land assigned to them by the U.S. government.”
So, reservations are pieces of land given by the U.S. government where Native American tribes were required to live.
✔ Answer: Land assigned by the U.S. government where Native American tribes were forced to live.
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Final Answer:
1. People who move from place to place to follow and hunt wild animals.
2. The Spanish explorers.
3. Tepees (or tipis).
4. Because large numbers of white Americans hunted them until very few were left.
5. Land assigned by the U.S. government where Native American tribes were forced to live.
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