Early Americans and Native Texans

Which American Indian group were nomads who roamed inland in family bands in summer and gathered into coastal villages led by chiefs in winter?

• The Caddo

• The Karnakawa

• The Europeans

• The German Texans

How did the Pueblo (village) Jumano people get most of the food the needed an wanted?

• By hunting

• By trading

• By farming

• By gathering

How did the ancient people of TX use flint from quarries to adapt to their environment?

• They wanted flint to shape into points for spears and arrows.

• They wanted flint to shape into pottery and baskets.

• They wanted to build villages in the quarries.

• Ancient people of TX did not use flint

According to the map, what route did ancient people take to get to North America?

• They crossed from Asia to North America over the ice caps of the North Pole.

• They crossed from Asia to North America over Beringia.

• This map does not show the path of the early people.

• They crossed from South to North America over the ice cap

Based on the illustration, how did the first Americans adapt to their environment?

• By using spears for hunting fish and shellfish.

• By using spears to gather plants.

• By wearing warm clothing and hunting large animals

• By wearing warm clothing and hunting small animals

How did the very FIRST Americans meet their needs and wants?

• Trading and fishing

• Hunting and gathering

• Gathering and trading.

• Fishing and gathering.

Following the last Ice Age, how did ancient people modify the environment, which allowed them to stay in one place?

• By learning how to hunt.

• By learning how to gather various plants.

• By learning how to trade.

• By learning how to farm the land.

How did the Atakapa, who lived along the coast and in the bayous of Texas and Louisiana, adapt to their environment?

• By learning how to farm.

• By using alligator oil as a bug repellent.

• By making a confederacy type government.

• The Atakapa did not adapt.

According to the chart, what did the Caddo and the Karankawa have

in common?

• They both lived near rivers.

• They both used grass when making their homes.

• Both had a confederacy.

• They did not have any similarities.

What did the Caddo and the Comanche have in common?

• They both hunted buffalo

• They both lived in New Mexico.

• They both farmed.

• These two tribes have nothing in common.