Native American - Worksheet
Directions: see if you can recall by memory some facts about the native Americans of California, without using your notes. Quiz your partner on these questions.
1. What is our local native group here in Rocklin and the foothills?
2. What is a watershed? Were native groups like a tribe likely to keep their boundaries within a watershed? Finally, why would they hunt & gather across life zones (like our vegetative belts of the Sierra Nevada Mountains)?
3. What are the 6 major language families? Which one is believed to be the only local language? What was Ishi's language?
4. Explain the basics of the Columbian Exchange, including the impacts on native Americans.
5. What was the biome and habitat of the Northwest Indians? What was the biome and habitat of the Sacramento Indians?
6. What was the major food staple the Northwest Indians relied upon? What was the major food staple the Sacramento Valley Indians relied upon?
7. What was the major housing type of the Northwest Indians? What was the the major housing type of the Sacramento Valley Indians?