Unit 2: Pre-Columbian Settlements and People Test

Front

Indians in different parts of California developed different cultures because they had different

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environments

Front

What resource did Indians in the Northwest area use to make shelters and boats?

Back

trees

Front

What did the Modoc Indians of the Northwest area make for cooking?

Back

tightly woven baskets

Front

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

Back

acorns

Front

The Indians of the Great Basin area used obsidian to make

Back

arrowheads

Front

Why were Luiseno villages, which were set away from the sea, smaller than Chumash villages near the sea?

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They had less food.

Front

In which culture area did the early Indians farm? Options: Central, Southern, Great Basin, Colorado River

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Colorado River

Front

Why did Indians who gathered seeds always leave some seeds behind?

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to grow new plants the next year

Front

What did Ishi do while he lived at the Museum of Anthropology?

Back

He taught visitors about Yahi life.

Front

What might California Indians have created to adapt to the climate?

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a waterproof coat