Name at least one natural resource that Native Americans who lived in the CENTRAL VALLEY used for food.
Oak trees, acorns, wild grasses, nuts, roots, elk, rabbits, birds, fish, trout, salmon, mule deer, squirrel, etc.
100
What food did desert Native Americans grow?
Melons, squash, beans, corn, and pumpkins
100
Scientists believe people first came to CA about how long ago?
about 10,000-30,000 years ago
200
What is another word for farming?
Agriculture
200
What food did all coastal Native American groups eat?
Acorns or fish
200
Name at least one natural resource that Native Americans who lived in the MOUNTAINS used for food.
Acorns, fish, deer, elk, bears, rabbits, quail, other small animals, rye grass, pine nuts, other plants, etc.
200
What food did desert Native Americans gather or hunt?
Roots, seeds, berries, nuts, cactus fruit, seedpods; rabbits, other desert animals, etc.
200
FROM WHAT did Native Americans get acorns?
Oak trees
300
What word means to change to live in a new environment?
Adapt
300
What did coastal Native Americans use steatite for?
It was carved into bowls, pipes, and ornaments.
300
Name at least one natural resource that Native Americans who lived in the MOUNTAINS used to build their homes.
Wood, tree bark, reeds
300
What kind of homes did desert Native Americans build with natural resources?
Homes without walls (roof held up by poles); houses using brush, wood, and bark
300
The land bridge connected what two continents?
North America and Asia
400
What is another word for variety or different kinds of things?
Diversity
400
How did coastal Native Americans use natural resources to build their homes?
Rectangular homes made of cedar or giant redwood boards; cone-shaped houses made of wooden poles and covered with grass; dome-shaped houses made of wooden poles and covered with grass; houses made of small trees, tough grasses, and marsh plants
400
Name at least one natural resource that Native Americans who lived in the CENTRAL VALLEY used to build their homes.
Reeds, grasses, dug houses into the earth
400
What did desert Native Americans use to make a food of mush or cakes?
seedpods (pods from mesquite trees)
400
Miwok tradition said that their people could not eat which food?
Eagle
500
What word means a formal act held to honor an event or belief?
Ceremony
500
Name at least one of the coastal Native American groups.
Chumash, Yurok, Miwok, or Pomo
500
Name at least one of the Native American groups who lived in the mountain or Central Valley regions.
Miwoks, Yokuts, or Maidu
500
Name at least one group of Native Americans who lived in the desert.
Cahuilla, Mohave, or Kumeyaay
500
What is a culture?
The way of life of a group of people, including beliefs, religion, language, foods, clothing, etc.