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What are some weapons used by the Hopi Indians?

The Hopi carved rocks and animal bones to fashion arrowheads. They used bows and arrows, traps and large sticks when hunting deer, turkey and other small game. The Hopi were also farmers and used tools such as rakes, hoes and knives to cultivate their food.\nOne of the more notable Hopi assaults occurred during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. The Hopi allied with neighboring Pueblo tribes in an attempt to end Spanish occupation of what is now Arizona and New Mexico. The Hopi attacked and looted Spanish churches, killing priests, Spanish soldiers and their Indian assistants. The churches were disman..

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Who invented the glockenspiel?

The instrument is a blend of the original "bell" glockenspiels used as far back as the 14th century and the metallophone, which originated in the mid-18th century. The 17th-century Dutch were the first to replace the bells with the simpler "bars," though the practice was not widely adopted until the first half of the 19th century. Around this time, mallet-struck keyboards were gradually replaced by those whose bars were struck by small hammers triggered by keys. A portable version of the glockenspiel, called the bell lyre, is used by marching bands and wind instrument ensembles.

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What is the history of the Iroquois tribe?

The Iroquois territory originally ranged between the Adirondack Mountains and Niagara Falls before expanding to include parts of Michigan, Kentucky, Quebec and New England. In 1712, the Tuscarora tribe joined the Confederation, which adopted the name Haudenosaunee, or "six nations," to reflect the change. American forces invaded Iroquois territory in 1779, which resulted in many Iroquois being pushed north into Canadian territory.\nDuring the early decades of the 1800s, a great part of the original Iroquois lands were ceded to the United States. However, unlike the Cherokee, the Iroquois tribe..

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How many speeches did Martin Luther King Jr give?

King often intermixed his words with those of others, previous speeches and sermons. He sometimes broke into extemporaneous preaching during speeches and abandoned his prepared speeches entirely. His most famous speech, the “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered during the March on Washington in 1963, was a combination of extemporaneous thoughts, previous sermons, Bible verses and passages from Shakespeare and other speakers. King began delivering this speech after the one he had prepared failed to elicit enthusiasm from the audience of more than 250,000 people.

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What was the Missouri Compromise?

Missouri's admission into the Union sparked controversy because northerners generally believed that Congress should prohibit slavery in new states. Southerners generally believed states had the right to choose for themselves. When the House and Senate passed different bills that threatened to leave the situation at a standstill, the Missouri Compromise was formulated by Henry Clay. The compromise also admitted Maine, which had formerly been part of Massachusetts, as a free state.\nThough many northerners and southerners were unhappy with the compromise, it helped stabilize the union for o..

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What year was the microwave invented?

The first microwave oven was impractical for home use. It was as large as a refrigerator and weighed more than 750 pounds. Amana purchased Raytheon in 1965 and produced the first countertop microwave oven, like those used in kitchens today, in 1967.

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Who was involved in the Space Race?

The Space Race got its roots in Germany during the 1930s. At that time, the Nazis built ballistic missiles and experimented with liquid-fueled rockets that could travel long distances at high altitudes. Eventually, Germany began producing the A-4 rocket which was the first vehicle able to reach outer space.Both the United States and the Soviet Union saw military benefit in developing the Nazi rocket technology further and by the start of the Cold War in 1947, things between the two nations had fallen apart. In 1949, the U.S. lost its hold on the atomic bomb and for the first time, the superpow..

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What natural geographic advantages did the city of Rome have?

The Tiber provided an inland waterway for trade and commerce to thrive. Rome was located away from the sea and safe from pirate attacks. The proximity of Rome to the Mediterranean Sea gave it a huge advantage in terms of transportation of goods and people. The warm climate gave Rome an added advantage. Civilization is always likely to flourish with such natural advantages.

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Who invented the computer mouse?

Dr. Engelbart drew a sketch of the mouse, and his collaborator, William English, created a pine case model. The first model that Dr. Engelbart created had three buttons. At one point, he felt that the mouse would be more efficient if it had more buttons. A hardware designer credits English with coining the term "mouse" to describe Engelbert's invention.Steve Jobs included the mouse with his Macintosh computer, and he left only one button to make it more manageable for users.

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Why was Francisco Pizarro able to defeat the Incas so easily?

According to the History Channel, Franciso Pizzaro sailed to Peru in 1531 and reached the Incan town of Cajamarca in November of 1532. After Pizarro persuaded Atahuallpa to meet with him, he ambushed the Incan emperor, killing thousands of his men with the superior weapons of the Spanish army. Atahuallpa was taken prisoner, but he offered to fill a large room with gold in exchange for his release. Pizzaro accepted the gold but put Atahuallpa on trial and had him executed in 1533. Pizzaro was then able to move on to the city of Cuzco, where he conquered the city with little resistance from the ..

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