Chapter 2, Lesson 2 Quiz

What is a culture?

• something to drink

• the way of life shared by a group of people

• small community

What is an inhabitant?

• a type of food

• a person who lives in a certain place

• a special ceremony

Why did different California Indian groups have different cultures?

• They lived in different places with different resources and needs

• They didn't. All cultures were exactly the same.

• They had to travel for food

What is a temescal?

• an above ground sweathouse

• a large gathering space

• a sweathouse built partially underground

What role did shamans play in the religious life of the community?

• A shaman tended to the sick

• A shaman predicted the future

• A shaman gave advice

• A shaman did all of these choices

Who was the main decision maker in Chumash groups?

• the men

• a shaman

• the chief

• families

Correctly compare and contrast the way climate affected California Indians

• CA Indians who lived in a cooler climate built enclosed houses while those who lived in a warmer climate built open air houses.

• Some CA Indians had cultures, but others did not

• California Indians lived in different places and did different things but also did the same things.

Choose the three ways that CA Indian cultures were different from one another

• The had a different sky above them

• They lived in different kinds of houses

• They wore different clothes

• The drove different kinds of cars

• They had different ceremonies

Why did the houses of the CA Indians vary so much?

• They liked to be different from one another

• Wood was expensive so they had to cut their own

• Each group adapted to the environment around them

Match the following

• believed to have special powers

• shaman

• religious

• spiritual

• a person who lives in a certain place

• culture

• small communities

• villages

• the way of life shared by a group

• inhabitant