Ch. 2 California's Native Peoples

Each group of Native Americans had their own ________.

• Adapt

• Culture

• Nomad

• Obsidian

________ is a glass-like rock some Indians used to make knives and arrowheads.

• Adapt

• Culture

• Nomad

• Obsidian

Native Americans learned how to _____ to their environment.

• Adapt

• Culture

• Nomad

• Obsidian

A(n) ________ moves often in search of food.

• Adapt

• Culture

• Nomad

• Obsidian

Native Americans in different parts of California developed different cultures because they had different

• Ancestors

• Languages

• Stories

• Environments

I was the most important food in the Central area. Women ground me into flour before cooking. What am I?

• Acorns

• Berries

• Cactus

• Squash

What is one example of how the NORTHWEST Native Americans adapted to their environment?

• They were nomads that moved quite often.

• They made waterproof capes from tree bark.

• They mainly ate buffalo that was native to the land.

• They used huts to shade themselves from the desert heat.

Native Americans of the NORTHEAST were mostly:

• Women and Children

• Cooks and builders

• Artists and naturalists

• Hunters and Gatherers

Native Americans of the Great Basin area were nomads. A nomad is

• someone believed to be in contact with the spirit world

• a person who moves from place to place in search of food

• a person who builds permanent shelters and homes

• someone who teaches other tribes to cook

For Native Americans of the Southern area, what was one advantage of living closer to the ocean

• There is less rainfall on the coast.

• Food is easier to find near the ocean.

• The ocean provided them with clean water.

• Rocky bluffs were very rare near the coast.