Week 7: California Studies Weekly

In order to survive, Desert Indians had to depend on water of the desert. How did the Mojave and Cahuilla Indians get the water they needed to survive?

• The Mojave Indians lived near the Colorado River to get their water
• The Cahuilla depended on small lakes, springs, and wells to get their water
• Both of these 
• None of these

From what did the Mojave Indians use ink from to tattoo their faces with lines, dots, and patterns?

• cactus
• desert flowers
• sand
• shells

The Cahuilla Indians lived on a major trade route and traded their handmade baskets and pottery for

• venison and arrowheads
• dried fish and shells
• nuts, berries, and fish
• whale bone and blubber

Why were chia seeds grown in the Mojave Desert very important to the Desert Indians?

• They were toasted and ground into a flour for bread and pancakes
• They were mixed with water to make a healthy drink
• They were mixed into a paste to treat cuts and injuries
• all the above

Why is the Mojave Desert a difficult place for many plants and animals to survive?

• There is little water
• There are many predators that overhunt
• The temperatures are very hot
• Choice 1 and 3

In the Cahuilla legend, what did the boy who had climbed to the top of the mountain bring back?

• nothing
• some needles from the ponderosa pine
• small stem of sagebrush
• a piece of beavertail cactus

The Cahuilla people lived in these types of shelters made of straw and grasses covering a wooden frame called a(n)

• wigwam
• kish
• teepee
• adobe

Much like the Desert Indians, many people still include chia as a part of a healthy diet, and it is often used in

• ice cream
• cookies and other confections
• smoothies, salad and breads
• snack mixes and candy

Irrigation was important to the Mojave people and was created by

• carrying buckets of water from the river for the crops 
• digging ditches from the river to guide water back to crops 
• storing water in wells to be dumped on crops when needed
• performing rain dances when the land became too dry

The Cahuilla Indians depended on the plants and animals of the desert for much of their food. What was the diet of the Cahuilla Indians? 

• They hunted deer and rabbits
• They gathered wild desert plants such as mesquite seeds, flowers, sunflower, pine and chia seeds
• They also grew some of their own food
• all the above