California Indians

What did California look like when the first people came?

• covered with snow

• covered with flowers

• covered with glaciers

• covered with grass

What do we call groups of people who hunt wild animals and collect plants for food?

• Hunters

• Shoppers

• Consumers

• Hunter-Gatherers

California Indians had to _________ to survive.

• adapt

• hunt

• fish

• fight

What is a village?

• a building

• a store

• a mall

• a small community

A way of life shared by a group of people is known as a what?

• community

• friendship circle

• culture

• social group

How large were the villages of California Indians?

• 3,000 people

• a few hundred people

• 5 people

• 10,000 people

Indians built their homes using?

• lumber

• redwood

• rocks

• materials they had around them

Which is the most important relationship to California Indian groups?

• Family

• Friends

• Teachers and Students

• None of the above

What is a patrilocal lineage?

• Only the men in the family are in charge

• Women only take care of the kids

• a system in which married couples lived with the husband's family

• No women are allowed

What role did shamans play in the religious life of the community?

• They preformed spiritual ceremonies and tended to the sick

• They were a music group

• They were farmers

• They were not really important