CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1
History and Social Science California
History Exam Question & Answers
2025
Bering Strait - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Many
people believe this was once a land bridge connecting
Russia and Alaska; the first Americans used this to settle
in North America
California Indians - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Spoke
a great diversity of dialects. Largest concentration of
Indians in North America. Similar physical traits and
features. Primarily hunter/gatherer societies. Subsistence
was based almost exclusively on availble resources.
When did the earliest peoples arrive in California? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔About 15,000 years ago
Why were California's indigenous people isolated from the
cultures that developed on the Great Plains? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Rugged topography:
. mountains
. deserts
,CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1
History and Social Science California
History Exam Question & Answers
2025
Were California's indigenous people isolated from the
cultures in Mexico? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Yes.
It's the topography thing again.
Travel by foot within a region was easy or difficult? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Difficult--topography
Why did California have a patchwork of isolated and
distinct tribal groupings? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Regional relations between groups were limited b/c
travel was difficult
The geologic period during which people crossed the
Bering Strait land bridge into North America? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Late Pleistocene or Early Ice Age
20,000 to 30,000 years ago
Is there controversy about when people arrived in
California? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Yes. Evidence
from the archaeological site at Calico could push the date
to 50,000.
,CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1
History and Social Science California
History Exam Question & Answers
2025
California Indian Language - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Diverse set of dialects Remember the were isolated by
the topography
Were there a large number of California Indians or a small
number? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Large number:
. Estimated: 150,000 - 300,000
How did the California Indian dwellings vary with location
& climate? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔North: frame
& plank
Southern desert: brush shelters
Coast: earthen mounds
Relative to the Plains Indians, were the California Indians
warlike? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔No.
Were the weapons of the California Indians very
sophisticated? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔No. bow
and arrow, obsidian points hunting blades, spears,
harpoons, clubs, and throwing sticks
, CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1
History and Social Science California
History Exam Question & Answers
2025
What did the California Indians eat? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Acorns
. Oak trees were plentiful
Acorn Preparation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔. dry
. store
. crack
. leach
before eating
Transportation reflected geographic factors. What 2 kinds
of boats were used? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔South: balsa & raft-type boats
North: plank canoes
Shared heritage:
How was lineage traced? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Paternal side
History and Social Science California
History Exam Question & Answers
2025
Bering Strait - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Many
people believe this was once a land bridge connecting
Russia and Alaska; the first Americans used this to settle
in North America
California Indians - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Spoke
a great diversity of dialects. Largest concentration of
Indians in North America. Similar physical traits and
features. Primarily hunter/gatherer societies. Subsistence
was based almost exclusively on availble resources.
When did the earliest peoples arrive in California? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔About 15,000 years ago
Why were California's indigenous people isolated from the
cultures that developed on the Great Plains? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Rugged topography:
. mountains
. deserts
,CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1
History and Social Science California
History Exam Question & Answers
2025
Were California's indigenous people isolated from the
cultures in Mexico? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Yes.
It's the topography thing again.
Travel by foot within a region was easy or difficult? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Difficult--topography
Why did California have a patchwork of isolated and
distinct tribal groupings? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Regional relations between groups were limited b/c
travel was difficult
The geologic period during which people crossed the
Bering Strait land bridge into North America? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Late Pleistocene or Early Ice Age
20,000 to 30,000 years ago
Is there controversy about when people arrived in
California? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Yes. Evidence
from the archaeological site at Calico could push the date
to 50,000.
,CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1
History and Social Science California
History Exam Question & Answers
2025
California Indian Language - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Diverse set of dialects Remember the were isolated by
the topography
Were there a large number of California Indians or a small
number? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Large number:
. Estimated: 150,000 - 300,000
How did the California Indian dwellings vary with location
& climate? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔North: frame
& plank
Southern desert: brush shelters
Coast: earthen mounds
Relative to the Plains Indians, were the California Indians
warlike? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔No.
Were the weapons of the California Indians very
sophisticated? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔No. bow
and arrow, obsidian points hunting blades, spears,
harpoons, clubs, and throwing sticks
, CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1
History and Social Science California
History Exam Question & Answers
2025
What did the California Indians eat? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Acorns
. Oak trees were plentiful
Acorn Preparation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔. dry
. store
. crack
. leach
before eating
Transportation reflected geographic factors. What 2 kinds
of boats were used? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔South: balsa & raft-type boats
North: plank canoes
Shared heritage:
How was lineage traced? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Paternal side
