California's Native Peoples

Each group of American Indians had their own ________.

• adapt

• culture

• nomad

• obsidian

________ is a glass-like rock some Indians used to make knives and arrowheads.

• adapt

• culture

• nomad

• obsidian

American Indians learned how to ________ to their environment.

• adapt

• culture

• nomad

• obsidian

A(n) ________ moves often in search of food.

• adapt

• culture

• nomad

• obsidian

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

• stories

• ancestors

• languages

• environments

What resource did Indians in the Northwest area use to make shelters and boats?

• mud

• trees

• stone

• grasses

What did the Modoc Indians of the Northeast area make for cooking?

• tightly woven baskets

• brightly painted pottery

• polished copper pots

• carved wooden bowls

I was the most important food in the Central area. Women ground me into flour before cooking. What am I?

• acorns

• berries

• cactus

• squash

The Indians of the Great Basin area used obsidian to make ________.

• canoes

• jewelry

• baskets

• arrowheads

Why were Luiseño villages, which were set away from the sea, smaller than Chumash villages near the sea?

• They had less food.

• They caught more fish.

• They grew larger crops.

• They used smaller canoes.