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The books this comes from is(Robert Birmingham and Amy Rosebrough, Indian Mounds of Wisconsin (second edition)and (David Nichols, Peoples of the Inland Sea: Native Americans and Newcomers in the Great Lakes Region) Part One: Identification (1 point each) Write a definition for each of the following terms. Your definition should include sufficient basic facts (who, what, where, when) and explain historical significance (why this term is important to the development of world history). 1. Old Copper Complex 2. Aztalan 3. Oneota 4. Samuel de Champlain 5. Mourning wars 6. Covering the dead 7. Fox Wars 8. Memeskia 9. Charles de Langlade 10. Fort Duquesne Part Two: Essay (5 points each) In one to two paragraphs each (about 250-300 words per answer) answer FOUR of the following questions. 1. Describe the different mound-building cultures in Wisconsin in the centuries prior to European contact. Be sure to note what distinguishes one culture from another and their relations with peoples beyond Wisconsin’s present borders. 2. In what ways did the French begin asserting a presence in Wisconsin after 1634? How did they interact with the Indian nations they found there? 3. What role did the fur trade play, both directly and indirectly, in reshaping the lives of the Native Nations of Wisconsin in 1600s? 4. Explain the concept of “The Middle Ground.” In what ways did Algonquin peoples and the French adjust to one another in order to preserve the Indian-French alliance? 5. How did imperial conflict between Great Britain and France threaten the Indian-French alliance in the Great Lakes region? Why did the alliance ultimately collapse?