California Studies Weekly Quiz #9

Even though they lived on some of the best farmland in the entire country, why didn’t the Miwok or Yokut tribes depend on farming to provide food for their villages?

In the Yokut legend “How Thunder and Earthquake Create Ocean,” Thunder gave Earthquake and Kingfisher a(n) _____________________ to bring water back from the north and south.

• conch shell

• tule basket

• abalone shell

• redwood canoe

How did the Miwok tribe store their acorns to save them and keep them away from animals?

• granaries

• barn

• silo

• wigwam

The name Yokut means “people.” Why was this tribe unique in structure?

• The group was so large that individual tribes could not communicate.

• Their group was made up of several smaller groups who all spoke a different language but could still communicate.

• The entire tribe resided in several dozen houses.

• Individual families lived on their own and did not interact with one another.

Tule was very important to the American Indians of California’s Central Valley. It had many uses, including __________________.

• clothing

• basket weaving

• home covering

• all of the above

In order to protect their feet, California Indians wore _____________________.

• deerskin boots

• leather moccasins

• giant palm leaves attached with string

• woven tule clogs

Which detail best completes the chart?

• founded by the Southern Pacific Railroad

• located near Tula Lake

• home to Del Monte, a fruit-packaging company

• many gold prospectors of the 1849 Gold Rush settled here

Which word completes the third clue in the chart?

• tule

• weeds

• milk grass

• farmer grass

In order to become a shaman, a member of the Indian tribe __________________.

• became hot with a fever

• spoke in an unfamiliar language

• had visions from the guardian spirits

• wandered the forest for 30 days

What was the role of the shaman in American Indian cultures? Explain the responsibility of the shaman and what could happen if they were not successful at these duties.