Tribes
Vocabulary
Culture
100

How do we know that tribes trades with each other?

Archaeologists have found items from different regions. They found whalebone in the desert and seashells in the mountains.

100
A marsh plant, a reed used to make canoes
What is tule?
100

What were the typical male jobs in the tribes?

Hunting, fishing, medicine, chief

200

How did tribes make their baskets able to carry water?

They lined the sides and bottoms of the baskets with tar to make it watertight.

200
The most important food source of the Native American Indians in California
What is an acorn
200
The exchanging or buying and selling, of goods
What is trading
300

Why were some homes built partly underground

for warmth in the winter

300

The picture writing on the cave walls

What is Petroglyphs or pictographs

300
a religious leader
What is shaman
400
Name two tribes in the desert region
What is Mojave, Cahuilla
400

Canoe

A boat carved from wood used for fishing

400

What were the typical female jobs in a tribe?

Women would make baskets, cook, gather, and take care of the children.

500

A coastal tribe who lived where present day Los Angeles and Santa Barbara are now located.

Chumash

500

A soft stone used for carving.

Soapstone

500

 stories to explain how things came

What is legends or pourquoi tales