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Native Californians 10 Points 10 Points 10 Points 10 Points 10 Points Early People of California Coastal Tribes Central Valley & Mountain Tribes Desert Tribes (the Mojaves) Native Californians 10 Points 10 Points 10 Points 10 Points 10 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points
Huge, slow moving mass of ice.
What is a glacier?
People who keep moving from place to place.
Who are nomads?
The way people got from Asia to North America.
What is a land bridge?
Any object made by people in the past.
What is an artifact?
The two large animals that early Californian’s hunted for food and clothing that both became extinct
What are mammoths and mastodons?
These 2 tribes lived in wooden plank houses.
Who are the Yuroks and the Hoopas?
These 2 foods were most important to Coastal tribes.
What are salmon and acorns?
This tribe allowed individuals to own land for themselves.
Who are the Yuroks?
This tribe had a government system led by a Wot.
Who are the Chumash?
Places where the Hoopa men gathered to think & pray.
What are sweat lodges?
The Maidus’ large, mound-shaped shelters built of wood & covered with dirt.
What are earth lodges?
The dividing of work among different workers.
What is division of labor?
A division of labor allowed people to do this: work at one kind of job they did well.
What is to specialize?
This tribe lived in many different regions of California.
Who are the Miwoks?
This tribe made acorn flour & sent runners to carry messages.
Who are the Yokuts?
The Mojaves developed this, giving them most of their food.
What is agriculture?
The Mojaves’ 3 main water sources.
What are the Colorado River, desert springs, & cacti/yucca?
The reason the Mojave had to also gather figs & roots.
What are scarce food sources?
2 types of storage the Mojave used.
What are clay pots & grass baskets?
The Mojaves traveled long distances to trade with this tribe.
Who are the Chumash?
The Yuroks used these to catch salmon.
What are weirs?
How Native Californians told about important events & people in their history.
What are legends?
Scientists who studied artifacts to learn about what life was like long ago.
Who are archaeologists?
This tribe used tar to make their canoes waterproof.
Who are the Chumash?
The 2 ways Native Californians were alike.
What are “wasted little” & “respect for all life?”
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This tribe used games to teach children important skills they would need when they grew up.
Who are the Miwok?