California 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

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 Luiseno 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