Unit 2: Pre-Columbian Settlements and People Test

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 Northwest 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 caught more fish.

• They had less food.

• 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 did Ishi do while he lived at the Museum of Anthropology?

• He made plans to move back to Yahi lands.

• He learned to like American cooking.

• He taught visitors about Yahi life.

• He kept the building safe at night.

What might California Indians have created to adapt to the climate?

• a shell necklace

• a wooden canoe

• a waterproof coat

• a net for fishing