American Indians of Texas

Native Americans of Texas Review

by Yaminah Johnson

​Read the following passage and then answer the question on the next slide.

​Thousands of years ago, Earth’s climate turned very cold. Large amounts of water became ice and formed glaciers, covering much of the Northern Hemisphere. Sea levels fell, which turned the ocean floor in some areas into dry land. A land bridge formed between Alaska and Asia, connecting those two masses of land.

Multiple Choice

Thousands of years ago, a land bridge was formed between what two masses of land?

• Australia and Asia

• Asia and Africa

• Asia and Alaska

• Antarctica and Africa

Multiple Choice

Native Americans arrived in Texas _____ the Europeans arrived.

•  A. at about the same time

•  B. millions of years before

   

• C. long after

   

• D. thousands of years before

Multiple Choice

Someone believed to have the power to summon spirits and heal the sick was called a ________. 

• A. Native American

   

• B. shaman

   

• C. political leader

•  D. chief

​Gulf Coast Native Texans

Multiple Choice

The Karankawa people were nomadic. They lived by hunting, fishing, and gathering, and moved every few weeks after using up the food in an area. They often traveled by water in large canoes. The Karankawa people were a part of the _________ culture.

• Puebloan Culture

• Plains Culture

• Southeastern Culture

• Gulf Coast Culture

​Plains Culture

Open Ended

Horses were not part of Native American culture until Europeans brought them. Native American groups. like the Comanches, quickly began using them.

CRITICAL THINKING: How would horses help the Plains people?

​Read the following passage and then answer the question on the next slide.

​The Comanche fought other groups fiercely to keep control of the Comanchería. By the 1870s, though, the destruction of the bison herds, the loss of many horses, and the growing numbers of white settlers forced them to move to reservations in present-day Oklahoma.

Multiple Choice

The Native American way of life was shattered in the 1800s when _____ killed off thousands of bison.

• A. the Comanche

   

• B. white Americans

   

• C. Spanish colonists

   

• D. Plains people

​Puebloan Culture

Multiple Choice

How did the homes of the Puebloan and Plains peoples differ?

• The Puebloan adobes were permanent, whereas the Plains teepees were easy to move.

• The Puebloan homes were built using buffalo hide, whereas the Plains homes were built out of adobe.

• The Puebloan homes were not sturdy, whereas the Plains homes remained in place for hundreds of years. 

​Caddo Village in the Southeastern Culture

Multiple Choice

Based on this image, what is one craft that the Caddo may have produced?

• metal jewelry

• decorated pottery

• woven wool blankets

Multiple Choice

How would you describe Caddo homes?

• movable, large, triangular, and made of animal skins

• permanent, large, bee-hive shaped, and made of grasses

• small, flat, and made of earth

• permanent, long, rectangular, and made of bricks