lesson 1 "An Ancient Past"
what is the definition of oral history?
is an account of events that is told through speaking.
what is the definition of goods?
goods are objects that satisfy people's wants.
what is culture?
Culture is the way of life, including beliefs, language, and foods of a group of people.
what are hunter gatherers?
people who collected food by hunting animals and gathering plants.
True or False: Scientists believe that CA was colder than it is today?
True
Scientists believed there was a what between Asia and North America?
Land Bridge since the water levels were believed to be lower(where people were able to walk across instead of having to travel by boat)
people made and sold baskets made of what? AND what did they use them for?
made of reeds and branches
used them to store 1,000 pounds of acorns, also to store water and to cook soups by putting hot rocks in there
During the winter what materials did mountain people use for their homes? AND
During the summer what materials did they use?
Winter- they used thick bark to keep in the heat from their fires and to keep out wind
Summer- used reeds for shade from the sun
Why did the Mohave live near the Colorado River?
what does diversity mean?
it means variety
Spears for hunting were made of what materials?
wood and stone
what is the definition of trade?
the exchange of resources, goods, or services.
What did Mountain people eat?
Acorns, fish, rye grass, pine nuts, deer, elk, bears, rabbits, and quail
Cahuilla built towns where?
Near steady springs and streams to be closer to a source of water.
what did the Chumash use as money?
beads made of rare shells, that they put on a string (the longer the string, the more it was worth)
what animals did we learn about that roamed the earth long ago?
giant sloths, camels, mammoths, bison, and mastodons
what does barter mean?
it is the trade without the use of money
what does tradition mean?
the way of life that is handed down over many years
In the dry lower desert people gathered what? And what did they make with it?
They gathered cactus fruit and seedpods of mesquite trees. They ground up pods to make to make mush or cakes.
What is economy?
is the way in which a group uses its resources to make, buy and sell things.
what does adapt mean?
to change to live in a new environment
Three Parter:
Who lived in cone-shaped houses?
Who lived in the dome shaped houses?
Who lived in rectangular houses?
Cone-shaped houses- Miwok
Dome shaped houses- Chumash
Rectangular houses- Yurok
what is ceremony?
a formal act held to honor an event or belief
What was the job of a Chief?
they decided when people would gather or hunt, go to war, and settled arguments about property.
what did Indians do to keep their culture and traditions alive over many generations?
songs, oral histories, ceremonies and art