Flashcards
A dry, hot climate.
What is arid.
These desert tribes were the only ones to grow pumpkins, corn and squash. Name the tribe.
What are the Cahuilla and the Serrano tribes.
Name a tribe from this region.
What are the Pomo, Maidu, Yokuts or Miwok tribes.
Name the tribes of this region.
What are Karuk, Hupa and Wiyot.
This region juts up next to this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean.
Things from the past that are found by archeologists that might help explain another culture.
What are artifacts.
A river runs through it.
What is the Colorado River.
Name the two major rivers in the central valley region.
What are the Sacramento and the San Joaquin Rivers.
What were the canoes made of in this region.
What are hollowed out logs.
The black gooey liquid that is a natural resource in this region. When it dries, it seals like glue.
What is tar.
Stories passed down by generations.
What are legends.
Name the desert in this region.
What is the Mojave Desert.
The Miwoks major source of food.
What are acorns.
What is the main source of fish in this region.
What is salmon.
Name the literature book written about this region. It's main character is a young Native American girl.
What is the Island of Blue Dolphins.
A religious leader in a Native American culture.
What is a shaman.
The soil in this region was ideal for growing crops because the river floods left this behind.
What is silt.
This is another source of water for this region. It flows into the San Francisco Bay.
What is the delta.
The fence type device built to capture fish in a river.
What is a weir.
Name the tribes of this region.
What are the Gabrielino and the Chumash.
An elder or family member that lived a long time ago.
What is an ancestor.
This is the only region where you kind find this kind of bowl or pot.
What is clay.
Describe the type of houses for this region.
What is dome shaped huts made of grass and tule.
Describe the climate in this region.
What is cold, rainy, and foggy.
Name three food sources from this region.
What are fish, sea lions, clams, berries, crab and mussels.