Natives Cultures of Texas

Which Indian cultural area was made up mainly of hunter-gatherers who lived near the Gulf Coast? These people were nomads who used dugout canoes to fish for food.

• Pueblo

• Western Gulf

• Plains

• Southeastern

Which Indian cultural area was made up mainly of farmers who practiced crop rotation and used tools made of wood and animal bones? They also hunted wild game.

• Southeastern

• Pueblo

• Plains

• Western Gulf

Which Indian Culture area lived in West Texas homes built of adobe bricks

• Plains

• Southeastern

• Pueblo

• Western Gulf

Which Indian culture area was made of nomadic,skilled horse riders who lived in tepees?

• Pueblo

• Plains

• Western Gulf

• Southeastern

How do archeologists and anthropologists learn about Indians who lived long ago and did not leave behind written records?

• They study the past

• They study dead people

• They study the artifacts left behind

• They study maps

How do historians divide up the past to make it easier to study?

• They divide it into eras

• They divide it into periods

What do you call people who move from place to place following game and trading with others?

• Farmers

• Nomads

• Hobbits

• Hermits

How did the Caddo keep the soil from wearing out after years of farming?

• Crop Rotation

• Crop Spinning

• Crop Turning

What do you call a loose alliance of groups who work together and support each other?

• Band

• Troop

• Confederacy

What is one way the Caddo differed from all other tribes?

• They had a chief

• They were a matrilineal society

• They were a male dominated society