Ch. 1.3

What natural resources did the Pomo Native Americans of California use?

• Acorns, fish, and deer

• Irrigation systems

• Seafood and plants

• Moose, caribou, and salmon

What played a large role in the traditions of the Pomo Native Americans?

• Basketweaving

• Carving totem poles

• Hunting with bow and arrows

• Constructing igloos

What did the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest believe about all living things?

• They had rights that should be respected

• They should be hunted for food

• They were inferior to humans

• They were not important

What is a potlatch?

• A ceremony marking major life events

• A type of food

• A traditional dance

• A type of house

What resources did the Subarctic peoples of North America rely on?

• Moose, caribou, and salmon

• Acorns, fish, and deer

• Seafood and plants

• Caribou furs and animal hides

What details about the Pomo showed that they lived near water?

• They participated in potlatches

• They fished with nets and traps, and they decorated their baskets with shells.

• They carved totem poles.

• They lived in hogans.

Of the Pomo, Miwok and the Serrano, which probably had the most problems in obtaining food? and Why?

• The Pomo because they lived in a desert.

• Miwok because they lived in the Pacific Northwest

• Serrano because they lived near a desert.

• all of the above

What does the Passage, "How the World Grew" show about the Miwok relationship with nature?

• They had potlatches to mark major life events.

• They carved totem poles to chronicle family histories.

• The details show a strong and careful observation of nature.

• They hunted seafood and plants from the ocean.

Why were the Miwok not known for building irrigation systems like the Cahuilla?

• Basket weaving was a large role in life and traditions.

• They made use of the limited precipitation.

• The Miwok fished for most of their food.

• Because the Miwok lived in marshes, where the ground was already wet, or rain came often.

What two things did the Tlingit live near that were most important to their way of life?

• the Great Plains

• the irrigation systems.

• the deserts

• ocean and forests.