Chapter 1 lesson 3 review Pacific Northwest tribes

Which statement about the Tlingit and Navajo peoples is the most accurate?

• Nearby forests supplied them with wood to carve.

• They both lived in the same part of North America.

• They both traditionally obtained food in the same way.

• Many words in their native tongues are probably related.

Which evidence from the text best supports the correct response to Part A?

• "Ancestors of the Navajo and Apache people may have reached the Pacific Northwest about 5000 B.C."

• "The Tlingit people belong to the same language family as the Navajo and Apache-meaning the groups share a common ancestor-but their surroundings have caused them to develop a very different way of life."

• "The ocean supplies seafood and plants for the groups of Native Americans living in the Pacific Northwest."

• "Pacific Northwest groups such as the Tlingit carved totem poles as a way of chronicling their clan and family histories."

Why were acorns traditionally so important to the Miwok people?

• They were used to plant new forests.

• They were used to make basic foods.

• They were used in children's activities.

• They were used as bait for otters and beavers.

How did Southern California peoples like the Cahuilla traditionally obtain most of their food?

• from farming and fishing

• from hunting and fishing

• from gathering plants and hunting

• from gathering plants and farming

Which statement best describes the way in which Pacific Northwest peoples traditionally treated the forests of the area?

• They used the trees to make spiritual objects but not practical items.

• They mostly ignored the forests and instead found their food in the ocean.

• They cut down so many trees that they could no longer support their way of life.

• They used only as many trees as necessary so that the forests were not destroyed.

What is the best definition of the term potlatch?

• a guest who gives or receives a present at a Tlingit ceremony

• a ritual in which a community gives presents to its new leader

• an enclosed cooking vessel given as a gift at a wedding ceremony

• a ritual in which the host gives away possessions as gifts to the guests

Drag the events in the order they happened.

• Totem poles are first carved in southern Alaska.

• People begin carving totem poles in the
  Pacific Northwest.

• The U.S. government bans the carving of totem poles.

• The art of carving totem poles is revived.