Cset Multiple Subject Subtest 1: History
And Social Science California History
Questions And Answers With Verified
Solutions Already Passed Rated A+
Bering Strait - ANSWER✔✔: 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 - ANSWER✔✔: 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 available resources.
When did the earliest peoples arrive in California? - ANSWER✔✔: About
15,000 years ago.
Why were California's indigenous people isolated from the cultures that
developed on the Great Plains? - ANSWER✔✔: Rugged topography:
Mountains
Deserts
Were California's indigenous people isolated from the cultures in Mexico?
- ANSWER✔✔: Yes. It's the topography thing again.
Travel by foot within a region was easy or difficult? - ANSWER✔✔:
Difficult due to topography.
Why did California have a patchwork of isolated and distinct tribal
groupings? - ANSWER✔✔: Regional relations between groups were limited
because travel was difficult.
The geologic period during which people crossed the Bering Strait land
bridge into North America? - ANSWER✔✔: Late Pleistocene or Early Ice Age,
20,000 to 30,000 years ago.
, Is there controversy about when people arrived in California? -
ANSWER✔✔: Yes. Evidence from the archaeological site at Calico could push
the date to 50,000.
California Indian Language - ANSWER✔✔: Diverse set of dialects.
Remember they were isolated by the topography.
Were there a large number of California Indians or a small number? -
ANSWER✔✔: Large number: Estimated between 150,000 and 300,000.
How did the California Indian dwellings vary with location & climate? -
ANSWER✔✔:
North: Frame & plank
Southern desert: Brush shelters
Coast: Earthen mounds
Relative to the Plains Indians, were the California Indians warlike? -
ANSWER✔✔: No.
Were the weapons of the California Indians very sophisticated? -
ANSWER✔✔: No. They used simple weapons such as bow and arrow, obsidian
points, hunting blades, spears, harpoons, clubs, and throwing sticks.
What did the California Indians eat? - ANSWER✔✔: Acorns. Oak trees
were plentiful.
Acorn Preparation - ANSWER✔✔:
Dry
Store
Crack
Leach before eating.
Transportation reflected geographic factors. What 2 kinds of boats were
used? - ANSWER✔✔:
South: Balsa & raft-type boats
North: Plank canoes
, Shared heritage: How was lineage traced? - ANSWER✔✔: Paternal side.
Shared heritage: What was smoked in ceremonies? - ANSWER✔✔:
Jimsonweed (Native tobacco).
Shared heritage: Were sweathouses used by men only or both men and
women? - ANSWER✔✔: Men only.
Shared heritage: Religions involved:
Myths
Creation stories
ANSWER✔✔: Shamanism
Influence of nature.
Shaman - ANSWER✔✔: The single person who takes on the roles of priest,
counselor, and physician and acts as a conduit to the supernatural world in a
shamanist culture.
T/F: Shaman usually goes into a trance during rituals or when practicing
divination & healing. - ANSWER✔✔: True.
Shared heritage: Ceremonies dealt with turning points of life and rites of
passage such as:
ANSWER✔✔: Birth.
* Death
* Puberty
* Marriage
* Hunting
Shared heritage:
The fables, moral tales, included what animals? - ANSWER✔✔ Regional animals
and natural phenomena:
. coyote . raven
And Social Science California History
Questions And Answers With Verified
Solutions Already Passed Rated A+
Bering Strait - ANSWER✔✔: 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 - ANSWER✔✔: 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 available resources.
When did the earliest peoples arrive in California? - ANSWER✔✔: About
15,000 years ago.
Why were California's indigenous people isolated from the cultures that
developed on the Great Plains? - ANSWER✔✔: Rugged topography:
Mountains
Deserts
Were California's indigenous people isolated from the cultures in Mexico?
- ANSWER✔✔: Yes. It's the topography thing again.
Travel by foot within a region was easy or difficult? - ANSWER✔✔:
Difficult due to topography.
Why did California have a patchwork of isolated and distinct tribal
groupings? - ANSWER✔✔: Regional relations between groups were limited
because travel was difficult.
The geologic period during which people crossed the Bering Strait land
bridge into North America? - ANSWER✔✔: Late Pleistocene or Early Ice Age,
20,000 to 30,000 years ago.
, Is there controversy about when people arrived in California? -
ANSWER✔✔: Yes. Evidence from the archaeological site at Calico could push
the date to 50,000.
California Indian Language - ANSWER✔✔: Diverse set of dialects.
Remember they were isolated by the topography.
Were there a large number of California Indians or a small number? -
ANSWER✔✔: Large number: Estimated between 150,000 and 300,000.
How did the California Indian dwellings vary with location & climate? -
ANSWER✔✔:
North: Frame & plank
Southern desert: Brush shelters
Coast: Earthen mounds
Relative to the Plains Indians, were the California Indians warlike? -
ANSWER✔✔: No.
Were the weapons of the California Indians very sophisticated? -
ANSWER✔✔: No. They used simple weapons such as bow and arrow, obsidian
points, hunting blades, spears, harpoons, clubs, and throwing sticks.
What did the California Indians eat? - ANSWER✔✔: Acorns. Oak trees
were plentiful.
Acorn Preparation - ANSWER✔✔:
Dry
Store
Crack
Leach before eating.
Transportation reflected geographic factors. What 2 kinds of boats were
used? - ANSWER✔✔:
South: Balsa & raft-type boats
North: Plank canoes
, Shared heritage: How was lineage traced? - ANSWER✔✔: Paternal side.
Shared heritage: What was smoked in ceremonies? - ANSWER✔✔:
Jimsonweed (Native tobacco).
Shared heritage: Were sweathouses used by men only or both men and
women? - ANSWER✔✔: Men only.
Shared heritage: Religions involved:
Myths
Creation stories
ANSWER✔✔: Shamanism
Influence of nature.
Shaman - ANSWER✔✔: The single person who takes on the roles of priest,
counselor, and physician and acts as a conduit to the supernatural world in a
shamanist culture.
T/F: Shaman usually goes into a trance during rituals or when practicing
divination & healing. - ANSWER✔✔: True.
Shared heritage: Ceremonies dealt with turning points of life and rites of
passage such as:
ANSWER✔✔: Birth.
* Death
* Puberty
* Marriage
* Hunting
Shared heritage:
The fables, moral tales, included what animals? - ANSWER✔✔ Regional animals
and natural phenomena:
. coyote . raven
