TCI Lesson 6

What is an artifact?

• moving from place to place

• an object made by a group of people

• flat-topped hills with steep sides

• a way of living

Each American Indian group developed its own culture or

• objects made by a group of people

• moving from place to place

• way of living

• narrow, deep valley with steep sides

What is a gorge?

• a narrow, deep valley with steep sides

• an object made by a group of people

• flat-topped hills with steep sides.

• moving from place to place

What does it mean to be Nomadic?

• an object made by a group of people

• a way of living

• flat-topped hills with steep sides

• moving from place to place

What is a mesa?

• a narrow, deep valley with steep sides

• an object made by a group of people

• flat-topped hills with steep sides

• bison

Which of the following items is an artifact?

• a gorge

• a culture

• a backpack

• an old clay pot

Some tribes were nomadic because

• they had plenty of resources

• they had large amounts of food

• they wanted to escape hot weather

• they build large houses made of hide

How did natural resources affect the cultures of American Indians?

• it influenced what they ate

• it influenced what shelters they built

• it influenced what types of clothes they wore

• all of the above

Which feature of the California-Intermountain environment best explains the Pomo's use of clamshells for jewelry?

• ocean

• mountains

• high desert

• redwood forest

What is a pueblo?

• a hill with a flat top and steep sides

• a basket woven from colorful plants

• an apartment building made of stone and adobe

• a ceremony at which a teen becomes an adult