Unit 2: The Spanish in Texas

Why do historians divide the past into eras?

• To identify major events

• To remember when events occurred

• To make their studies more manageable

• To determine how long ago people lived

Texas Indians in which culture group built homes from adobe?

• Western Gulf

• Southeastern

• Pueblo

• Plains

Which type of person is most likely to search for artifacts?

• Anthropologist

• Archaeologist

• Botanist

• Hunter-gatherer

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 the Mescaleros were subgroups of which Plains Indian group?

• Apaches

• Kiowas

• Tonkawas

• Karankawas

Their skill as buffalo hunters quickly make them a wealthy group. They traded goods made from the buffalo with other American Indians. They were also skilled fighters. They controlled much of the plains, including northern and western Texas.

The passage above most likely describes which of the following groups?

• Caddos

• Atakapas

• Jumanos

• Comanches

Which of the following was not a major factor in the decline of the Jumanos?

• Drought

• Hurricanes

• Apache Attacks

• Disease

Panfilo de Narvaez and his men journeyed into Florida because

• they were being chased by American Indians.

• bad weather had destroyed their ships.

• they hoped to find the golden city of Apalachee.

• supplies on their ships had run out.

"Throughout all this country we went naked, and ... twice a year we cast our skins like serpents. The sun and air produced great sores on our [chests] and shoulders ... The country is so broken and thickset, that often after getting our wood in the forests, the blood flowed from us in many places." -Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

From the quotation above, you can conclude that Cabeza de Vaca and his companions found Texas to be

• harsh.

• pleasant.

• chilly.

• inviting.