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AP U.S. History Exam 2.2. Prior to European contact, why was it necessary for the societies of the "Plains" region on the map to live a mobile lifestyle?
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Sorry And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you
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by a mobile lifestyle the twenty first century dependency on
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smartphones prior to european contact why was it necessary for
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the societies of the plains region on the math toe
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Live a mobile lifestyle and hear your potential answers hold
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environmental threat all right let's get to it See the
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plains region on the map It extends from texas all
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the way up to canada Let's see why tribes in
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this region preferred toe move and shake rather than moving
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well permanently stage prior to european contacted societies of the
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plains region live a mobile lifestyle because of it a
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the cold environment of the planes which required continual movement
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well that's pretty big region on the map most of
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which isn't necessarily cold Where plains tribes more mobile because
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of bea the threat of invasion from nearby south eastern
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tribes tribes in regions like the south east had access
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to lots of wood and other building materials which meant
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they didn't need thio branch out as much Did these
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plains tribes keep things moving because of c the guidelines
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of their religious practices Well there really wasn't anything in
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these religions that forbade tribes from living a sedentary lifestyle
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that means societies of the plains region led a mobile
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lifestyle because of de the lack of natural resource is
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key to settlement in the region When we think of
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states like oklahoma and south dakota we picture wide open
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grasslands with very few trees But wood is necessary for
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building permanent shelters So in order to survive on the
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plane's early native americans were forced to move from place
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to place So dee is that correct answer Once europeans
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arrived in the region they used forces to help drag
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lumber from other regions logging all kinds of environmental impact 00:01:53.79 --> [endTime] as they planted roots on the plane
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