CSET Practice Test On California Indians

diet included a wide variety of plants and animals. Trout and other fish were gathered in baskets and nets in the rivers and lakes. Small game such as rabbits often were hunted in groups. Larger game, such as deer and antelope, usually were hunted by individual hunters who turned over their kill to the village headman for general distribution. Every sixth day usually was set aside as a time of rest. The great celebration of the year was the autumnal pakapi, or “big time,” called by a village headman when he felt that sufficient food had been accumulated for the coming winter months.

A. Achumawi

B. Hupa

C. Shasta

D. Atsugewi

14. Each of the village/band was led by a headman or timiwal. The timiwal was appointed by a council of elders and usually served a life term. He functioned primarily as a counselor and

arbitrator. The timiwal helped to settle disputes within the band and served as the band’s representative in dealing with neighboring groups. Their diet was acorns, gathered in the early fall from six different species of oaks, and piñon nuts, gathered in the late fall from trees on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada. Various small seeds and berries were gathered throughout the year. Also important were the fish caught in the mountain streams and rivers. The major game animals were deer, bear, mountain lion, mountain sheep, and antelope.

A. Owens Valley Paiute

B. Yurok

C. Hupa

D. Tubatulabal

15. Very little rainfall. Vegetation is scarce in the lowlands. They were divided into relatively small bands. Of necessity, the bands were migratory, frequently shifting from place to place in