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100

This is the word for a Chumash tule mat brush home.  

What is an "Ap"?
100

This food is a plant that was gathered for its seeds by the Modoc tribe.

What is the yellow pond lily? 

100

This is the shell commonly used for money by California Native Americans.

What is dentalium?

100

The natural region the Chumash lived in.

What is the coastal region? 

200

The Yokut tule mat brush home was this shape.

What is cone-shaped?

200

This tribe farmed and grew crops like squash, beans, and corn.  

What is the Mojave tribe?

200

This 30 feet long very light, strong, and fast canoe was used by the Chumash for ocean fishing. 

What is a tomol?

200

The natural region the Mojave lived in. 

What is the desert?

300

This is a type of grass used to build brush homes.  

What is tule? 

300

This anadromous fish was an important food for the Yurok. 

What is salmon? 

300

The shape of the door on a Yurok plank house.

What is round? 

300

The natural region of the Modoc and Northern Paiute?

What is the mountain region?

400

The name for the summer house used by the Yokuts and Mojave.

What is a Ramada?

400

Pine nuts were a main food for this tribe. 

What is the Northern Paiute?

400

This tribe was known for their creative skills as carvers, painters, and basket making.  

What is the Chumash?

400

The Yokuts lived in grass houses and practiced land management by burning part of their land each year in this natural region. 

What is the Central Valley Region?

500

The name for the brush home made by the Northern Paiute tribe. 

What is a Wickiup?

500

The name for acorn cereal or mush.

What is "Weewish"?

500

This tribe farmed on the banks of the Colorado River and made clay pots.

What is the Mojave tribe? 

500

There are distinct differences between the Yurok and Chumash who lived in the northern and southern parts of this California region.  

What is the coastal region?