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AP US History
Unit 1 – Interactions North America, 1491–1607
Topic 1.2
What primarily distinguished the religious beliefs of Mississippian cultures from those of Pacific Northwest tribes?
Mississippian cultures practiced mound-building for ceremonial purposes while Pacific Northwest tribes centered their spirituality around totem pole carvings.
Only Mississippians believed in an afterlife
Both had identical belief systems, with no distinctions at all.
Pacific Northwest tribes did not practice any form of spiritual rituals.
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