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AP U.S. History Exam 2.3
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AP U.S. History Exam 2.3. How were the societies in the Northwest similar to those in parts of California?

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AP U.S. History Exam 2.3. How were the societies in the Northwest similar to those in parts of California?

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00:00

[ musical flourish ]

00:02

And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by hunter-gatherers,

00:05

a kidnapping ring solely focused on kids named Hunter. [a tribal man looking for Hunter]

00:09

Yeah, they're really mean. Avoid them, please.

00:11

All right, how were the societies in the Northwest

00:14

similar to those in parts of California?

00:17

And here are your potential answers. [image of map of The U.S]

00:18

[ mumbles ]

00:24

Okay.

00:26

Native American societies in North America lived

00:28

their lives according to the rules of the lands they settled on. [a tribal man and woman arguing about the land]

00:32

At least until the Europeans came and shook things up.

00:35

So let's see which answer best describes

00:37

how tribes in the West were different from the rest.

00:40

Were societies in the Northwest

00:42

similar to those in parts of California because A - [a tribal man looking at a house made of teepee]

00:46

their homes were mobile so they could follow herds of animals?

00:50

Well, actually, the most mobile societies were nomadic tribes

00:54

in the Plains region. So that gets rid of A.

00:57

Were societies along the West coast similar because C - [a man lost in a corn field]

01:01

their economies depended on maize that spread from Mexico?

01:05

No, corn. That a-maize-ing stuff.

01:07

Well, hmm. Maize from Mexico played a

01:10

big role for Southwestern tribes

01:12

who built their homes in the sides of the cliffs and mountains. [two tribal women having a conversation]

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So that's puebl-y not C or D.

01:19

Get that? Pueblo? That's a bad joke. Sorry.

01:22

Get rid of that thing.

01:23

All right. Which means societies in the Northwest

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were similar to those in parts of California because B - [a tribal man hunting for potatoes]

01:29

they survived on a mix of hunting and gathering.

01:32

California covers a bunch of land from North to South,

01:35

which means it probably has more in common with the Northwest

01:38

than New Mexico and Arizona.

01:40

And unlike farmers in the Southwest,

01:42

Northwestern tribes survived on a mix of [image of men carrying potatoes]

01:45

hunting and gathering. So B is the right answer.

01:47

And for societies in that part of North America,

01:50

nuts and berries were all the for-rage.

01:53

Forage? Boy, we really stretched on that one. [an old man on the street checking something]

01:57

[ laughter ]

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