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Coastal TribesDesert Tribes(the Mojaves)

Native Californians

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A religious leader

Who is a shaman?

An idea or way of doing something

that has been handed down over

time.

What is a tradition?

To work at one kind of job that

you do well

What is to specialize?

Any object made by people in the

past.

What is an artifact?

Term used to describe Native

American groups that share the same

language or have the same leaders

What is tribe?

These 2 tribes lived in rectangular 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?

To get news to other Yokut

villages, this person carried the messages.

Who is the runner?

This tribe used games to teach their children important life

skills.

Who are the Miwoks?

In this tribe, the women built the

houses.

Who are the Yokuts?

This tribe used a granary for storing

their acorns.

Who are the Maidus?

The Mojaves developed this,

giving them most of their food.

What is agriculture?

The Mojaves traveled long

distances to trade with this tribe.

Who are the Chumash?

The reason the Mojave had to also hunt and gather.

What is scarce food sources?

The type of storage the Mojave used.

What is clay pottery?

The 3 main water

sources of the Mojaves

What are the Colorado River, desert springs, &

cacti/yucca?

The Yuroks used these to catch

salmon.

What are weirs?

How Native Californians

explained animals, plants, & other

physical features around them.

What are through legends?

Most tribes had this in place to

make it easier for the village to meet

its needs

What is a division of labor?

Two ways in which Native Californians

were different.

What is:

language, culture, religion, and ecomony ?

Two ways Native Californians were

alike.

What are:

wasted little, respected all living

things, and told legends?

Make your wager

Identify one natural resource from each region and tell how

the Native Californians used it.