Native American Quiz Review

Comanche life centered on two activities:  hunting and

• farming
• trade
• war
• fishing

The Native American population declined when Europeans came to Texas because

• The Native Americans moved away.
• many Native Americans died from warfare and disease.
• most Native Americans were not allowed to have children.
• Europeans encouraged Native Americans to decrease their numbers.

The Karankawa built portable homes because

• strong winds in the area often made it necessary to move.
• they were nomads, or people who move from place to place
• the only materials available for building were not durable.
• they were warlike people who  moved after frequent battles

Texas Indians in which region of Texas built homes from adobe?

• Great Plains
• Gulf Coast
• North Central Plains
• Mountains and Basins

Because they were so large, hunters could not easily move the bodies they killed.  Instead, they collected everything they could use off of the body out on the plains.  What animal is being described?

• deer
• rabbit
• cow
• buffalo

Their skill as buffalo hunters quickly made them a wealthy group.  They were also skilled fighters.  They controlled much of the plains, including northern and western Texas.  What group is being described?

• Caddos
• Jumanos
• Comanches
• Atakapa

One group of Texas Indians that lived near the Gulf Coast was the

• Comanches
• Jumanos
• Karankawas
• Wichitas

Many Plains Indians used hides to make movable homes called

• tepees
• wigwams
• mitotes
• pueblos

The Lipans and Mescaleros were subgroups of which Plains Indian group?

• Apache
• Kiowa
• Tonkawas
• Karankawas

In what region would this culture group have fished, foraged for food, and be nomadic?

• North Central Plains
• Coastal Plains
• Great Plains
• Mountains and Basins