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What kinds of food did the Cheyenne Indians eat?

The Cheyenne Indians were migratory people from the Northern Great Lakes area to Minnesota Territory. They were later forced to relocate to North Dakota by the Sioux Indians.The livelihood of the Cheyenne Indians originally centered on agriculture. The men hunted while the women harvested the crops. They abandoned farming when they acquired horses, becoming nomadic in search for buffalo herds. The Cheyenne women often took part in the hunts, unlike most of the other tribes.

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What kind of clothing did early humans wear?

The earliest humans arose in Africa, where the climate was warm. Even though these early humans had little body hair, much like modern humans, they did not require clothing. As humans began to migrate northward into colder areas, clothing became necessary to protect them from the elements.\n\nAs humans learned to use basic tools, clothing became more sophisticated. The first structured clothing was probably a tunic made with scraped hides laced together with strips of leather. Actual specimens of early clothing are hard to find because the soft materials decay easily, but cave paintings, carvi..

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What are some facts about the Mission San Antonio de Padua?

The mission moved from its original location in 1773, following water scarcity, to Los Robles Valley. At the onset of secularization in 1834, San Antonio became government property. In November 4 that year, Governor Figueroa oversaw the takeover of the mission from its padres. The mission began to crumble under state neglect around that time.\nOn May 31, 1863, the Church regained ownership of the mission and received a title to 33 acres. The mission was abandoned around 1882 or 1883 when father Ambris died. The building lost its roof, and its walls collapsed, but the church was not affected at..

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Did Malcolm X have any brothers or sisters?

Malcolm X was married to Betty Shabazz in 1958, with whom he had six daughters: Attallah, Qubilah, Ilyasah, Gamilah Lumumba, Malikah and Malaak. Malcolm X's full name at birth was Malcolm Little, and his father, Earl Little, was a Baptist preacher. His father died when Malcolm was 6 years old. Malcolm was convinced to convert to Islam by his younger brother, Reginald. Malcolm dropped his last name at the request of Muslim leaders, as it was considered a "slave name."

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Where did Martin Luther King Jr. grow up?

King continued to live in Atlanta even after his family left their first home. He attended Booker T. Washington High School and graduated from Atlanta's Morehouse College. King had an older sister and a younger brother. Though he eventually left Atlanta for more education and to pastor a church in Montgomery, Ala., he returned to Atlanta in 1960 to co-pastor Ebenezer Baptist Church with his father and to continue his work in civil rights.

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How many people died building the Sears Tower?

On April 11, 1973, a fire started around the 42nd floor of the building in the elevator shaft. The fire may have started when cleaning solution came in contact with live electricity, sending flames through the shaft, resulting in the death of four workers. Just days after, on April 14, 1973, 28-year-old Jack De Klerk fell 35 feet after an iron cable knocked him off a platform on the 109th floor. He died before hitting the ground, crashing into steel beams stored on the floors below.

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What do the colors of the Canadian flag represent?

George Stanley's maple leaf design for Canada's flag is similar to the flag of the Royal Military College of Canada. The Canadian flag made its first official appearance on February 15, 1965. That date is now celebrated annually as National Flag of Canada Day. The red maple leaf in the center of the flag was first adopted as Canada’s national emblem in 1860 for decorations celebrating the Prince of Wales’ visit. King George V named red and white as Canada's official colors in 1921.

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What were some reasons for the decline of the Khilafat movement?

The Khilafat movement began after World War I in opposition to the British. The supporters of the movement demanded that the Caliph, the Muslim religious leader, retain control over sacred Muslim places and that he retain sufficient territories to defend the Islamic religion. When approached by the leaders of the Khilafat movement, the Non-Cooperation movement, led by Mahatma Gandhi, saw the opportunity to join forces to revolt against the British in a unified front to push for India's independence. Together they formed the All India Khilafat Committee.\nThe movement began to lose momentu..

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What did Joseph Henry invent?

Joseph Henry was responsible for much pioneering work in electricity and magnetism. In addition to inventing the telegraph, Henry also contributed to the invention of the electric motor and the telephone through his research. Alexander Graham Bell remarked that without Henry's pioneering research, he might never have invented the telephone.\nJoseph Henry also made meteorology into a science and made the first weather map. He issued forecasts of the weather based upon definite knowledge rather than signs. He also improved maritime lights and fog signals.\nHenry's inventions weren&apos..

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What were some causes of WW2?

Because of the demands of the treaty, Germany had to print obscene amounts of money, leading to a state of hyperinflation. People could be seen taking entire wheelbarrows of paper currency to buy a loaf of bread. German currency, therefore, was worth less than the paper it was printed on. Unemployment ran rampant among the German populace, and Hitler took the opportunity to seize political power, stirring up discontent.\nGermany gradually began making military expansion into its former territories to reannex ethnic Germans into the country. Although this was against the terms of the Treaty of ..

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