The First Californians
The Northern Coastal Region
The Southern Coastal Region
The Central Valley and Mountains
The Desert Regions
100
How did early people travel from Asia to North America?
by crossing a land bridge
100
What natural resources were important to the Indians of the Northern Coastal region?
trees and rivers
100
What natural resource did the Chumash have that many other tribes did not?
tar
100
What did the Maidu believe would help them have a bigger acorn harvest?
singing a special song
100
What does agriculture mean?
farming
200
Why did the early Californians travel from place to place?
to follow and hunt animals
200
What was the Yurok's most important food?
salmon
200
What is a system for deciding what is best for a group of people?
government
200
Why were games an important part of life for the Miwok and other California tribes?
They taught the children needed skills.
200
What types of homes did the Mojave tribe build in the summer?
open sided homes
300
When did the early people first reach California?
more than 13,000 years ago
300
Why did the Pomo prune oak tress?
so that the trees would produce more acorns
300
What does cooperate mean?
to work together
300
What is the system of having different workers do different jobs called?
division of labor
300
What are the fine grains of soil and rock found along the banks of the Colorado River?
silt
400
What is a legend?
stories handed down over time to explain how people and everything in the world came to be
400
What is trade?
the buying and selling of goods
400
What is a large canoe made out of wooden planks that the Chumash made called?
tomol
400
What does specialize mean?
to work at one kind of job
400
What did the Cahuilla trade with other tribes?
clay pots
500
How did the early people adapt their way of life when large animals died out?
They began to fish more and hunt smaller animals. They gathered more nuts and berries. They ate more plants.
500
Which tribes lived in the northern Coastal region? (name at least 3)
Yurok, Karuk, Hupa, Wiyot, and Pomo
500
What did the Chumash use tar for?
to waterproof their baskets and canoes
500
What shape house did the Miwok tribe make?
cone shaped houses
500
Why did fewer tribes live in the desert region than anywhere else in California?
Food was harder to find. Water was harder to find. The climate was hot and dry.
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