California Studies Weekly Week 5 California Indians

The people of the Desert Region found food in many ways, including hunting rabbits, fishing in streams and ______________.

• Gathering nuts and berries

• Harvesting apples and cherries from trees

• Growing squash, melons, pumpkins, and corn.

• Collecting wild onion and garlic

The atlatl is a

• Tool used to throw spears

• Book of ceremonial songs

• type of fishing pole

• farming tool

What tool replaced the atlatl for hunting and protection?

• the whip

• the club and axe

• the sword and shield

• the bow and arrow

What tool did the California Indians use with nets to capture water fowl like ducks?

• bows and arrows

• Duck decoys

• atlatl

• a snare

In order to move in the deep snow, the Mountain People used

• dog sleds

• snow mobiles

• underground tunnels

• snow shoes

The largest tree in the world is the General Sherman _______.

• Giant Sequoia

• Giant Redwood

• Giant White Oak

• Giant pine

In the Mountain Region, people ________ food so they could eat during the winter.

• traded

• dried

• cooked

• burned

How were the canoes of the Valley People different from those of the coastal people?

• Valley canoes were more shallow and made of reed.

• Valley canoes were made of giant sequoia wood.

• Valley canoes were totally enclosed.

• Valley canoes were wide, flat and more like a raft.

The earliest record of dwellers arriving in California is about how many years ago?

• 12,000

• 1,200

• 120,000

• 1,200,000

Which of these resources is the least likely to have been used by the Coastal People?

• Whale

• Salmon

• chia seeds

• Kelp