Texas History Quiz Chapter 1.3

A ( blank ) is a portable home made of tanned bison hides

An _____ is any object made or used by humans such as tools, objects, bones, pottery left behind.

HOW did early people migrate from Asia to North America?

• early people walked across a frozen land bridge connecting Asia and North America
• early people sailed from Asia to North America in ships made of fallen logs
• early people swam hundreds of miles from Asia to North America, across the Pacific Ocean 
• early people rode horses that they had tamed to travel from Asia to North America

WHY did early people migrate from Asia to North America?

• early people were hunters and were following herds of large animals
• early people were explorers looking for new lands to travel through
• early people were farmers and were looking for unfrozen soil to plant their crops
• early people were fishermen and were always searching for the best fishing locations

What did early people learn to do around 100 B.C. that completely changed their cultures? [hint:  they stayed in one place and developed more complex societies]

• they learned how to farm
• they learned how to write
• they learned how to ride horses
• they learned how to communicate with each other

People who move from place to place usually following a food source are called? 

• Adaptive
• Nomads
• Modification
• Indiginous 

Which is the BEST example of Native Americans modifying their environment?

• Karankawa use dugout canoes and spears to fish in salty marshes

• Caddo Indians used irrigation for their crops

• Western Gulf Culture Indians traded goods with the Spanish

• Plains culture Indians elected chiefs to lead the tribes

How did the Native Americans adapt to their environment?

• By relying on the natural resources and materials around them

• By copying European practices

• The Natives did not rely on natural resources

• By praying to their gods for food and water

Which of the following is part of a nomadic lifestyle?

• Setting up plots of land to grow crops.
• Moving south for the winter to follow the bison herd.
• Building houses out of mud bricks.
• Constructing large cities.

Which tribe used adobe to build their homes?

• Jumano
• Caddo
• Karankawa
• Waco