Kumeyaay Study Guide

Kumeyaay’s houses were ____

• square-shaped with grass roofs

• dome-shaped with grass roofs

• rectangle-shaped

• two stories tall made of concrete

The Kumeyaay tribe were hunters and gathers so they __

• traveled with the food

• lived in the forest

• built sturdy homes that they never leave

• lived in the grasslands

It was important to the Kumeyaay tribe to pass down important  information and wisdom without people forgetting. They didn’t have a written language so instead they accomplished this task though ___

• sign language

• rock art

• songs

• simbols

No matter what the season, every Kumeyaay village was located near

• mountains

• water

• trees

• desert

The Kumeyaay tribe would use ___ to make their clothing and sandals.

• oak trees

• yucca fibers

• acorns

• anything they could find

Typically men would hunt and women would gather food

• true

• false

Acorns, agave, and mesquite made up 70% of the Kumeyaay diet.

• true

• false

Kumeyaay tribe leaders would be the leaders for their own family.

• true

• false

Kumeyaay would hunt animals such as deer, rabbits, quail, ect. They would use the animal’s ___

• meat to eat

• bones for tools

• fur for making rugs and clothing

• all of the above

The Kumeyaay tribe lived in _____

• San Diego county

• New York

• northern California

• only Carlsbad