California's First People Quiz

The Central cultures included all of the following except -

• Pacific

• Pomo

• Miwok

• Yokut

Which trees supplied acorns, an important source of food for the Central cultures?

• Pine

• Cedar

• Redwood

• oak

How did the Central cultures use acorns?

• They built houses with them

• Acorns were eaten

• They fed them to the squirrels

• Boiled acorns were used as weapons

The Central cultures built their villages -

• close together

• completely underground

• far apart

• in water

After reading the selection about Miwok Dwellings, you learn that -

• 1. the Miwok built permanent dwellings during the summer

• 1. they lived in the same type of dwelling all year long

• 1. temporary dwellings were built during the winter

• 1. trees were an important material in
     both their summer and winter dwellings

Before building their bowl-shaped dwellings, the Pomo-

• covered their dwellings with plants, bark, and tule

• dug a hole in the ground

• made a frame of wooden poles

• found the highest mountain in the village

The Maidu covered their winter dwellings with dirt and clay to -

• keep their houses cool in the winter

• make it easier to move quickly during hunting trips

• help them keep their houses clean

• keep them warm in the winter