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Prehistory and Indians

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Which prehistoric culture was associated with the development of horticulture?
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What name has been given to a Late Prehistoric culture whose people lived in present Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and southern West Virginia between A.D. 1000 and 1650?
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Many prehistoric trails later evolved into what?
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What current road follows the approximate path of the prehistoric Seneca Trail?
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What was the earliest known prehistoric culture to occupy what is now West Virginia?
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Who ordered a line of forts to be built along the Allegheny Ridge to defend against Indian attacks during the French & Indian War?
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Which of the following is NOT associated with the Late Archaic period (3000-1000 B.C.)?
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What was the shape of most villages during the Late Prehistoric period (A.D. 1200-1550)?
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In addition to disease, what is the main reason virtually no Indians lived in present West Virginia when European-Americans began settling?
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The capture of this person by Shawnees helped prompt Andrew Lewis's disastrous Sandy Creek Expedition.
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