Native Americans of California Review (TCI)

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Why did Indians leave seeds behind when they gathered seeds?

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to grow plants for the next year

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In what culture area did early Indians farm? Options: Northwest, Northeast, Southern, Great Basin, Colorado River

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Colorado River

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

Back

a waterproof coat

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Why did Indians in different parts of California develop different cultures?

Back

because they had different environments

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

Back

They had less food.

Front

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

Back

trees

Front

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

Back

tightly woven baskets

Front

What did the Indians of the Great Basin area use obsidian to make?

Back

arrowheads

Front

What was the most important food in the Central Area? HINT: Women ground it into flour before cooking it.

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acorns