Before contact with Europeans, the Haudenosaune, a group of nations in northeastern North America also known as the Iroquois, had been developing a form of communication, primarily for political purposes, that used wampum, a bead carved from seashell. ███
Intro topic ·Wampum was a form of communication among Haudenosaune
Wampum = bead carved from seashell; Haudenosaune = group of Native American nations in North America also called Iroquois
Author's perspective ·Wampum eventually was used as money between Europeans and Native Americans, but it was more important for communication of sociopolitical messages
Wampum belts ·Combined string wampum to make icons that communicated messages
Example uses: encoded provisions of Haudenosaune Confederacy's constitution; recorded, stored, and made public record of government business.
Passage Style
Critique or debate
Spotlight
15.
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Question Type
Purpose in context (of word, phrase, or idea)
Structure
The fishing practice mentioned in P2 is the practice of throwing beads into the water in order to communicate with certain deities. This is presented as an example of how wampum was used.
a
a type of █████████ ████ ███ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ███████ ███ ███ ██ ██████
It’s not clear how throwing beads into the water is a kind of knowledge.
b
a traditional practice ████ ███ ███████ ██ ███████ ████ █████████
The author never suggests that the practice of throwing beads into the water was altered by contact with Europeans.
c
an activity that ███ █████████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ███ ████████████ ███████████
The Haudenosaune Confederacy isn’t discussed in connection with the practice of throwing beads into the water.
d
a practice that ████ ██████████ ███████ ██ ██ ████████ ██████
The author never suggests that studying wampum helped historians learn about the practice of throwing beads into the water.
e
a traditional practice ████ ████████ █ █████ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ████████ ████
Throwing beads into the water was one use in the early stage of the evolution of wampum. P2 describes early uses, and this fishing practice is one of the examples of an early use.
Difficulty
93% of people who answer get this correct
This is a slightly challenging question.
It is significantly easier than other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%129
139
75%148
Analysis
Purpose in context (of word, phrase, or idea)
Structure
Critique or debate
Science
Spotlight
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
4%
156
b
1%
154
c
1%
152
d
2%
155
e
93%
165
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