WorksheetsLesson 3: The Native Peoples of the Pacific Northwest
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
What detail(s) about the Pomo showed that they lived near water? (check all boxes that apply)
They fished and trapped with nets.
Baskets were decorated with shells.
They created irrigation systems to grow crops.
They adapted to the few plants available to them.
What was the most pivotal resource for the Pomo and Miwok compared to the native peoples of the southwestern deserts?
Irrigation systems
Stone
Fire
Forests
Why did the Cahuilla have a harder time finding food than the Pomo and the Miwok?
They lived in forests where animals were hard to hunt.
They had a tough time fishing the coasts of the Pacific Ocean.
They lived in a desert environment and food was tough to come by.
They lived in the alpine tundra region where limited animals existed.
The Miwok still grew their own crops, but why were the Miwok NOT known for using irrigation systems?
They used ocean water to grow their crops.
They grew crops in lakes and ponds.
They relied on the marshes and rainfall to provide water for their crops.
They grew crops along flood plains.
Why do you think the Pomo and Miwok chose Roundhouses as their main form of shelter?
They provided security against the high winds of the California mountains.
They provided protection against the massive flooding from surrounding rivers.
It offered them the ability to have four to five families in one house.
Wood was the largest resource available to them in the forests of California.
True or False: The Cahuilla utilized ditch irrigation systems that would drain into small man-made lakes where crops could be grown.
True
False
The Miwok benefited immensely from the forest ecosystems which allowed them to grow their own crops and hunt big game animals like elk, deer, and antelope. However, what was one of the most important food source for them that could provide ample amounts of food?
Fish
Acorns
Fruit trees
Beaver
The Tlingit and the Chinook created these to honor important people and clans, mark important events, and to tell stories.
Potlatches
Totem Poles
Pictographs
Hieroglyphs
An important feast for the Native Peoples of the Pacific Northwest that marked major life events.
Kachina ceremony
Powwow
Potlatch
Powamu
This held a very important place in the Makah lifestyle.
Potlatch
Whale hunting
Kachinas
Pyramids
What way(s) did Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest place on preserving the environment?
They expanded their villages deep into the forests.
They only used enough wood from the forests for their essential materials and shelter.
They slashed and burned forests to grow agriculture
They fished the oceans and rivers and hunted the forests enough to supply food for their families.
How does the creation of canoes show that humans can adapt to their environment?
Allows for extensive trade networks.
Shows that they can utilize the resources available to them to provide transportation and make hunting for food easier.
Demonstrates how native groups had good woodworking skills.
Canoes were great for navigating the rough rapids on major rivers in the area.
A northern forest and marshland that covers large parts of the Subarctic.
Arctic Tundra
Beringia
Alpine Tundra
Taiga
True or False: The Taiga extends from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Atlantic Ocean in the east.
True
False
Which lifestyle did the native peoples of the Subarctic live?
Farming
Hunter-gatherer
Trader
Both farming and trader
This was the choice of shelter for the native peoples of the Subarctic.
Wickiup
Roundhouse
Lean-to
Cliff-dwelling
How were a few native groups of the pacific northwest that were located in the Subarctic able to provide permanent shelters and living arrangements?
The weather was warmer year round.
They established a coastal trade network to provide food resources.
Food resources along the coastlines and forests provided food surplus.
There were large migrations of animal herds located where they lived.
This is a treeless zone of rocky soil and low-growing shrubs where winters are severe with only a few hours of sunlight per year.
Desert
Taiga
Tundra
Savanna
The Inuit, Yupik, and Aleut are notorious hunter-gatherers. When is the best time for them to hunt migrating animals like the caribou and musk oxen?
When those animals are blinded by the severe snow glare.
During their hibernation period.
During the summer months when the snow melts and floods the streams.
When they are trapped on floating ice bergs adrift in the ocean.
What way(s) did the Inuit, Yupik, and Aleut learn to adapt to the harsh tundra environment?
They adapted to extreme cold by making clothes from caribou furs and other animal hides.
They used irrigations systems from the snow melt during the summer months to grow crops.
Shelters were constructed below-ground houses or snow-block homes called igloos.
They traded with other native tribes in the Subarctic region of the Taiga to obtain the necessary recourses they needed to survive.
The native peoples of the tundra region were successful at hunting large ocean animals such as seal, walruses, and whales due to what invention?
Bows and arrows
Harpoons
Crossbow
Three-Pronged Spear
What is the BEST reason for why Subarctic and Arctic peoples built homes partially underground?
Protection from wild animals
Temperature regulation
Maintain darkness during long summer hours ranging close to 24 hours
Protection from their enemies
