15. THE WEST, 1865

Quiz for Guided Analysis Document 15.1 Buffalo Hunting, c. 1875

Quiz for Guided Analysis Document 15.1: Buffalo Hunting, c. 1875

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. What aspect of the buffalo hunting image reveals the influence of Europeans on traditional Native American hunting techniques?

The colors

The Shoshone clothing

The rifle

The use of the buffalo hide

2. What is significant about the image being drawn on a buffalo hide?

It shows the importance of the buffalo to Shoshone culture.

It reveals the inability of the Shoshone to make paper products.

It was conducive to the color scheme of the image.

It gave the hunter more luck in future hunts.

3. Based on colors, detail, and size, what did the Shoshone consider to be the most important piece of this image?

The rifle

The hunter

The horse

The buffalo

4. Why was the use of a buffalo hunting image particularly significant in 1875?

The buffalo had just become a popular target for the Shoshone.

The Shoshone were concerned about the future of the buffalo on the Plains.

The Buffalo Bill Wild West show was popular among the Indians at that time.

The Shoshone were no longer hunting buffalo by 1875.

5. What aspect of the Shoshone Indian reflects Anglo influences on the natives?

The hunting of buffalo

The use of buffalo hide

The clothing and horse

The embroidery and quilling

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