Social Studies Chapter 2

What are hunter-gatherers?

• People who collect plants and hunt wild animals for food.

• People who never move to gather food.

• People who plant crops as their food.

• People who use irrigation to water their plants.

What does someone do when they cultivate land?

• Pull out seeds and weeds.

• Breed animals to graze crops.

• They prepare the land and use it to grow plants.

_____________ made CA hard to reach by sea from Mexico.

• sea monsters

• ocean currents

• land bridges

• weak ships

What is an expedition?

• change or adjust

• a small community

• to travel around the world

• an organized journey

What does circumnavigate mean?

• a small community

• to travel around the world

• an organized journey

• to change or adjust

What was a major goal of the early CA explorers?

• to sail to the Philippines on large ships

• to find a passage to link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

• to build settlements in Mexico

• to buy spices to trade with the rest of the world.

CA Indians managed their enviornment by setting controlled fires.

• true

• false

English explorers looked for a place in CA where ships could stop on the way from the Philippines to Mexico.

• true

• false

How did the CA Indians adapt to where they live?

• built different kinds of homes based on the climate

• used resources to build shelter

• hunter for food

• spoke similar languages

Culture can include what things?

• clothing

• beliefs and customs

• religion

• art