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
16.
The last paragraph of the ███████ ██████ █████████ ██
Question Type
Purpose of paragraph
Structure
The last paragraph tells us about the later stage of wampum development. P2 tells about the earlier stage, P3 tells us about the later stage.
a
detail how wampum █████ ███████ ████ █████ █████ ██ ██████
The purpose isn’t to show how wampum belts evolved from other wampum. Although the author does describe how wampum belts formed from a combination of string wampum, the author isn’t trying to show the reader how wampum belts evolved. The author’s purpose is to show how wampum came to be used for sociopolitical messages.
The purpose isn’t to show the differences between wampum belts and string wampum. Although the author does describe wampum belts in P3 and notes that they are formed out of string wampum, the author isn’t trying to show the reader how wampum belts are different from string wampum. The author’s purpose is to show how wampum came to be used for sociopolitical messages.
c
illustrate how wampum ██████████ ██ █ ██████ ██ ████████ ██████████████
This best captures the purpose of P3, which is to describe the later stage of wampum development, when wampum came to be used for sociopolitical messages. Wampum’s use as a system of symbols is another way to describe the idea that wampum were used to convey sociopolitical messages.
We don’t get any details of the constitution. Although P3 tells us that the constitution was encoded in wampum, we don’t get an outline of anything in the constitution. In any case, even if P3 did outline the constitution, the purpose of P3 isn’t to present any details of the constitution. It’s to show the final stage of wampum development, when wampum came to be used for sociopolitical messages.
e
give evidence of ████████ █████████████ ██ █ █████ ██ ████████ ██████████ ████ ███ ███ ██ ███ ████████████ ███████████
The author doesn’t indicate that wampum “ensured” compliance with the law of the Confederacy. We don’t know how often people broke Confederacy law.
Difficulty
70% of people who answer get this correct
This is a moderately difficult question.
It is somewhat easier than other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%135
151
75%167
Analysis
Purpose of paragraph
Structure
Critique or debate
Science
Spotlight
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
8%
163
b
3%
163
c
70%
165
d
8%
158
e
11%
161
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