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Early Californians

2. POWERPOINT JEOPARDY
Native American Life
Tribes
History & Culture
Root Words 1
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3. Native American Life
10 Points
How did tribes use beads and goods to obtain items they needed from other tribes?
Trading

4. Native American Life
20 Points
Chumash leaders were great at getting tribe members to cooperate. What does cooperate mean?
Working together

5. Become an expert at one kind of job.
Native American Life
30 Points
Many tribes, like the Maidu, had very skilled members because the workers learned to specialize. What does specialize mean?
Become an expert at one kind of job.

6. CA Location
40 Points
CHALLENGE: Native Americans often danced during ceremonies. Make up your own 15 second Native American style dance and perform it for the class. You have 10 seconds to begin. Go!

7. Why was storytelling a big part of the lives of California Indians?
Native American Life
50 Points
Why was storytelling a big part of the lives of California Indians?
Storytelling was their way of explaining different things about the natural world.

8. Tribes
10 Points
“Mai, Mai, Mai, Mai, Mai . . “ What did the Maidu tribe believe would made corn grow bigger?
Singing a special song.

9. Tribes
20 Points
What natural resource did the Chumash have that helped them waterproof their canoes?
Tar

10. Games taught the children needed skills.
Tribes
30 Points
Why were games so important to the Miwok tribe?
Games taught the children needed skills.

11. Tribes
40 Points
P-P-P-Pomo tribe would often prune special trees. Why did they do this?
They pruned oak and pine trees to help them produce more pine nuts and acorns.

12. Culture: Ways of speaking, acting, dressing, living.
Tribes
50 Points
Archaelogists can learn a lot about a tribe’s culture from artifacts they find. Define culture and artifact.
Culture: Ways of speaking, acting, dressing, living.
Artifact: object from the past.

13. They crossed a land bridge.
History & Culture
10 Points
How did early people travel from Asia to North America?
They crossed a land bridge.

14. They had to follow and hunt animal herds.
History & Culture
20 Points
Why did the first early visitors to North America have to keep moving from place to place?
They had to follow and hunt animal herds.

15. History & Culture
30 Points
Rock on, tasty meal! The Yurok tribe lived in the northern coast. What was their most important food?
Salmon!

16. What important role did trade play in the lives of California Indians?
History & Culture
40 Points
What important role did trade play in the lives of California Indians?
Trade allowed tribes to obtain items from other tribes that they couldn’t easily obtain on their own.

17. History & Culture
50 Points
Name two ways early people in North America could adapt their way of life when large animals died out.
*Hunt smaller animals, eat plants, move to water source and fish, store nuts and grains.

18. Identify the root word and its meaning: dictionary
Root Words 1
10 Points
Identify the root word and its meaning: dictionary
Dic = speak

19. Identify the root word and its meaning: donor
Root Words 1
20 Points
Identify the root word and its meaning: donor
Don = Give

20. Identify the root word and its meaning: document, educate
Root Words 1
30 Points
Identify the root word and its meaning: document, educate
Doc = teach
Duc = lead

21. Gen = birth or race Form = shape Graph = Write
Root Words 1
40 Points
Identify the root words and their meaning:
Generate, transform, autograph
Gen = birth or race
Form = shape
Graph = Write

22. Root Words 1
50 Points
Identify the root words and their meaning: Geology, Reflection, Diagram
Geo = Earth
Flect = Bend
Gram = Letter, Written

23. Identify the root word and its meaning: manufacture
Root Words 2
10 Points
Identify the root word and its meaning: manufacture
Fac = Make or Do

24. Identify the root word and its meaning: Efficient
Root Words 2
20 Points
Identify the root word and its meaning: Efficient
Fic = Make or Do

25. Identify the root words and their meanings: genealogy, aqueduct
30 Points
Identify the root words and their meanings: genealogy, aqueduct
Gen = Birth or Race
Duc = Lead

26. Root Words 2
40 Points
CHALLENGE:
Sing ‘Over the River and Through the Woods’ out loud and on your own. Up to the pumpkin pie line. Go!

27. Identify the root words and their meanings: Flexible, Diagram, Pardon
50 Points
Identify the root words and their meanings: Flexible, Diagram, Pardon
Flex = Bend
Gram = Letter, Written
Don = Give