Pre-Columbian Settlements & People

California Indians had to _________ to their natural environments in different ways.

• Myth

• Adapt

• Nomad

• Obsidian

California Indians developed their own __________ in different parts of California.

• stories

• Myth

• Cultures

• Adapt

This covers most of the Northeast area, where the land is high and flat.

• Plateau

• Obsidian

• Myth

• Culture

The Modoc Indians of the Northeast were expert weavers, they made tightly woven ________ that they used to cook soups and stews.

• obsidian

• tools

• clothes

• baskets

Large deposits of _______, a hard glassy rock that is formed when lava cools, dots the landscape of the Great Basin Area.

• baskets

• Shells

• obsidian

• rocks

Indians of the Great Basin Area were ______ who moved often in search of food.

• Nomads

• Cheifs

• Shamans

Indians in different parts of California developed different cultures because they had different __________.

• food

• language

• environments

• stories

Like all Indian people in California, the Mojaves had many _______. They were stories that help to explain the beliefs and history of a people.

• songs

• jokes

• myths

The most important person in an Indian village was the group's ________, who gave advice and settled arguments.

• leader

• Chief

• nomad

• Shaman

The second most important person was the _______, who treated the sick.

• nomad

• chief

• Shaman

• doctor