Lesson 3 Life at Inland Villages: People of the Valley
Lesson 3 Life at Inland Villages: People of the Mountains
Lesson 3 Life at Inland Villages: People of the Desert
Lesson 3 Daily Activities and Traditions
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100
The Central Valley runs from north to south down most of the length of California. Which tribe lived in this region? Name the two rivers that run along the valley floor.
The Miwok Tribe live the Central Valley. The Sacramento River and the San Joaquin River provide a good supply of fresh water for many plants and animals to live in the region.
100
What is the mountain range that the Mountain Maidu lived in the valley of? Between the peaks of each mountain lie mountain valleys, streams, and meadows.
The Sierra Nevada Mountain Range.
100
What is the location of the Desert region of California that the Mojave tribe lived in?
Southeast California.
100
The Maidu had to spend much of their time preserving food, Why?
They had to preserve food and resources because of the long and cold winters.
100
What two tribes lived in California's coastal region?
The Yurok lived in the northern coast near the Klamath River and the Chumash lived in the southern coast near modern Santa Barbara.
200
Explain the hoop and pole game. How did this game help Native American children?
Miwok boys improved their skills of aiming at a target by throwing a pole threw a rolling hoop. This would improve their hunting skill.
200
To survive the cold long winters, the Maidu living a long time ago had to do what to their food?
The Maidu had to preserve and store food for the winter. Dried berries, greens, and deer meat helped villagers survive the winter.
200
What was the water resource that the Mojave tribe could always depend on?
The Colorado River.
200
The Mojave were one of few tribes in California to do what?
Farm/ raise crops.
200
Name the four regions in California.
The Coast, Mountains, Desert, and Central Valley.
300
Name 2 things that mothers and grandmothers taught young girls in the Miwok tribe.
How to weave baskets from grass reeds, gather nuts and berries, which plants were good to eat and which were poisonous. How to make flour from acorns. How to care for younger children.
300
The Bear Dance, is an example of this? The Maidu have always believed the bear is a spirit and has greater powers than people.
A ceremony. A ceremony is a planned event that marks a special occasion such as a wedding or a holiday.
300
What is the area in the Mojave Desert that is the lowest elevation in the Continental United States?
Death Valley.
300
This tribe would perform a rain dance as a ceremony. Name the tribe and explain why they would perform this ceremony.
The Mojave tribe would perform a rain dance ceremony because the desert region gets very little rain.
300
Name the Ocean, Country, and three states that make up the border of California.
The Pacific Ocean, Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon.
400
What words means a belief or a way of doing things that is passed down from one generation to the next? Examples of this are ways of dressing, holding religious ceremonies, or sharing songs, legends and religious beliefs.
A tradition is a way of doing things that is handed down by older people to younger ones.
400
During the Fall, the Maidu tribe had a ceremony to bless what?
They held a ceremony to bless the acorn harvest.
400
Each spring the Colorado River would flood, leaving behind a rich topsoil. The Mojave were one of four California tribes to raise crops along a river. Name two crops list in the textbook, that the Mojave grew.
The Mojave grew squash, melons, pumpkins, and corn.
400
Name the tribe that performed a bear dance religious ceremony. Explain why they performed this ceremony.
The Maidu performed the bear dance ceremony. They believed the bear's spirit was much more powerful than theirs.
400
There was not a lot of wood in the Desert region. The Mojave tribe made large, rectangular houses along the Colorado River with what material used for the roof?
Mud-covered grass roofs. The mud and grass kept the house cool in the summer heat.
500
Name 2 examples of how Chumash village activities differ from those of the Miwok.
The Chumash fished and gathered shellfish. The Miwok hunted and gathered acorns and prepared them for food. The Chumash built boats. Chumash lived in villages of about a thousand people. The Miwok had about 200 people in a village. Caring for children and cooking are activities common to both tribes.
500
Name 3 types of animals the Maidu hunted for food.
Mule deer, black-tailed deer, black bear, jack rabbits, raccoons, squirrels, porcupines, mountain quail, geese, and songbirds.
500
Far to the southeast of the desert region lies the Colorado River, forming a border between which two states?
Forming a border between California and Arizona.
500
Describe the steps Native Californians used to prepare acorns to eat.
1. Acorns were gathered and stored.
2. Women cracked the shells and ground the acorns into meal.
3. The meal was rinsed to removed the bitter taste.
4. The meal was cooked in the baskets by dropping hot stones into the mixture of meal and water.
500
Name 3 things children learned from adults in Native Californian communities.
Girls learned from their mothers to gather food, to make baskets, to make clothing, and to care for younger children. Boys learned from their fathers or other adults males to make arrow points, to hunt, and to fish.