Lesson 1-Tribes of California

What is a tribe?

An Indian group that shares a way of life

A language the Indians spoke

The place where the Indians lived

The name of a city in California

What are the homes or buildings called?

Language

Shelter

Village

Environment

What are the 4 geographical groups of Indians?

Yokuts, Chumash, Hupa, Maldu

Northern Coast, Central Valley and Mountain, Southern Coast, Desert

Maldu, Mojave, Gabrielino, Chumash

Pacific, Western, Eastern, Northern

What area did the Yokuts and the Miwok live?

Northern Coast

Central Valley and Mountains

Southern Coast

Desert

Why did the Indians of the Northern Coast have to build such strong shelters?

There were too many clouds.

The animals would get in.

They needed protection from the weather.

They needed to save their food.

Why was the Central Valley and Mountain tribal group the largest in California?

They lived by the ocean.

They had a mild climate so they needed little protection from the weather.

The shelters were strong.

The planted crops.

Why did the Indians of the Southern Coast have to build canoes?

They lived along the coast and on islands.

They used them for decorations.

They had crops.

They needed tools.

How were the Indians of the Southern Coastal group like those of the Central Valley and Mountain Tribal group?

They both had the same climate.

They both had crops.

They both had the same food.

They both fished, hunted, and gathered acorns.

Why was it hard for the Desert Indians to survive?

The summers were very hot.

There were few plants.

They had to live on insects, seeds and beans.

All of the above.

Where did Desert tribal group live?

In Northern California

To the East of the Southern coastal Indians

In Central California

In the South

Lesson 1-Tribes of California

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