CSET SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBTEST 3 EXAM NEWEST
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (DETAILED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ 100%
GUARANTEED TO PASS CONCEPTS!!!
Bering Land Bridge - a strip of land connecting Alaska
with Russia that emerged from underwater around
38,000 BC.....ANSWER ...✔✔ A land bridge between
Siberia and Alaska that was exposed during the most
recent Ice Age when the waters of the Bering Strait
receded.
Cahuilla - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The Native American
people of the southern California desert sent out
individuals to gather small amounts of food. Food from
the winter stores would be added, and members of each
kin group would eat a ritual portion of the food in a
ceremony thanking the supernatural for providing the
food in a ceremony that lasted 3 days and 3 nights.
,2|Page
Yumas - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ lived around the
Colorado River, planted corn, pumpkins, and beans in
the mud after the annual floods of the river
Native Americans in CA before European contact -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ 30,000 population
7 different language groups: Penutian, Hokan, Utian,
Yukian, Algic, Uto-Aztecan, and Na-Dene
Southern Culture Area - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ hunter-
gatherers and fisherman
home to some of the most populous tribes like the
Kumeyaay, Cahuilla, Tongva, and Chumash
Central Culture Area - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ included
60% of all of the Native people of California
climate was mild and hunting and gathering was easy
basketry and tools were sophisticated
some tribes include Yokuts, Miwok, and Pomo
Northwestern Culture Area - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
valued material wealth
political leadership belonged to the wealthiest
,3|Page
some tribes include Yurok, Hupa, Shasta
Northeastern Culture Area - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
sparsely settled, some tribes lived in the areas of rich
lands while other tribes lived in more desolate areas
and were hunter gatherers
some tribes include Achumawi and Atsugewi
Great Basic Culture Area - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ food
and water in this part of the eastern/southern region of
CA was scare
some tribes include Tubatulbal and Owens Valley Paiute
tribes
Colorado River Culture Area - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ on
the western edge of the Southwest Culture Area.
These Native Americans also hunted and gathered and
grew beans, corn, and pumpkins. They considered
themselves more unified than the tribes that divided
themselves into tribelets
some tribes include Quechan, Halchidhoma, Mohave
, 4|Page
Hernan Cortes - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Spanish
conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered
Mexico (1485-1547)
Jouan Rodriguez Cabrillo - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ coastal
areas of CA were first explored by Europeans in 1542
by this Portuguese explorer who was working under the
Spaniard Cortez
Francis Drake - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ English explorer
and admiral who was the first Englishman to
circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the
Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
was the first to explore the entire coast of CA and claim
possession of the territory
California Missions - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ was the key
to transplanting the empire and converting the native
people to Roman Catholicism
missionary program established called the Sacred
Expedition - the first mission was established in San
Diego