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The First Americans
Review for The first Americans
| Question | Answer | Chapter / Section # |
|---|---|---|
| Was the California region more than just the coast? | California had a little bit of everything . California included coastal foothills , an inland valley , and the western side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range | Section 1.6 / California |
| Why did the people of California build simple homes? | The climate was mild which resulted in simple housing. | Section 1.6 / California |
| Why is this region mostly desert? | The mountains on either side of the region blocked rain causing the Great Basin to be mostly desert. | Section 1.7 / Great Basin |
| How were homes made? | With limited water and food, families could only live in one place for a certain time. Temporary homes were made out of willow poles shaped like a cone, and covered with brush or reeds. | Section 1.7 / Great Basin |
| What are the geographical features of this region? | Plateau is covered with mountains with dense forests, drier in the central valleys and covered with sagebrush and grass. | Section 1.8 / Plateau |
| How did people find their main food sources? | The Plateau people hunted and gathered with the seasons. | Section 1.8 / Plateau |
| Why did the Plateau people build their villages along major rivers? | The groups built their villages along the rivers because the rivers provided drinking water, fish, and driftwood for shelter and firewood | Section 1.8 / Plateau |
| How did groups find ways to survive in the Southwest? | Some groups lived as " nomadic (wandering) desert hunters. And along the river, small groups hunted gathered, and farmed. The rest planted fields of corn, beans and squash on mesas. | Section 1.9 / Southwest |
| Why were the Southwest groups homes made? | Because they lacked trees for homes, they made homes from "earth itself". Using adobe they built thick-walled homes that protected them from the heat, and the cold. | Section 1.9 / Southwest |
| What did both northern coastal and coastal people eat and why? | Groups living along the Northern coast, depended on salmon. Coastal people in the south depended on shellfish. Both due to their closeness to the ocean. Away from coast, groups relied on deer, rabbits, berries, roots, and pine nuts. | Section 1.6 / California |
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