California's Native Peoples Test-Chapter 2

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

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

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

• tightly woven baskets

• brightly painted pottery

• polished copper pots

• carved wooden bowls

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.

In which culture area did the early Indians farm?

• Central

• Southern

• Great Basin

• Colorado River

Why did Indians who gathered seeds always leave some seeds behind?

• to prepare the grassland for fire

• to grow new plants the next year

• because they were not very hungry

• because they did not have good tools

What is one thing from nature that Indians in this area used for decoration?

What kind of climate did the Northwest area have? How can you tell from the pictures?