HIST-4 Chapter 3 Review

The Caddo lived in clusters of settlements along the Red River. The villages worked together as a confederacy, protecting each other from outside attack. The Caddo planted corn, beans, and squash in clearings in the woods. They fished in the rivers and traveled to the plains to hunt buffalos.

What is the most likely reason that the Caddo clustered in villages along the Red River?

• A. The river valley was a source of fish and fresh water

• B. The river valley had many resources, including rich soil for farming

• C. The river valley had many resources and by living close together the Caddo could protect each other.

• D. The river valley had many resources and the river was too wide for the Caddo to cross.

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

• A. The Caddo

• B. The Karankawa

• C. The Tonkawa

• D. The Wichita

How did the Pueblo Jumano get most of the food they needed and wanted?

• A. By farming

• B. By gathering

• C. By hunting

• D. By trading

Why did ancient people in Texas modify the environment by digging quarries? (p. 108)

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

• B. They wanted flint to shape into pottery and baskets.

• C. They wanted to catch animals in the open pits.

• D. They wanted to build villages in the quarries.

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

• A.

  They crossed from Asia to North America over the ice cap.

• B.

  They crossed from Asia to North America over Beringia.

• C.

  They crossed from South to North America over Beringia.

• D.

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

Answer explanation

Page 106 in your text:

"People from Asia could walk to North America across...

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

• A.

  By wearing warm clothing and hunting large animals

• B.

  By wearing warm clothing and hunting small animals

• C.

  By using spears for hunting and gathering plants

• D.

  By using spears for hunting small animals

How did the first Americans meet their needs and wants?

• A.

  By trading and fishing

• B.

  By hunting and fishing

• C.

  By gathering and trading

• D.

  By hunting and gathering

Answer explanation

Page 106: "These ancient people were hunter-gatherers."

Following the last Ice Age, why did ancient people modify the environment by farming?

• A.

  They could no longer hunt because the great beasts were gone.

• B.

  They became vegetarians because the great beasts were gone.

• C.

  They had to hunt smaller animals and so turned more to plants for food.

• D.

  They had to hunt smaller animals and so began to grow food for the smaller animals.

Answer explanation

Page 108: "People continued to hunt animals, but began to turn ore to plants for food"

In which way did the Atakapa adapt to their environment?

• A.

  By hunting deer and birds

• B.

  By using alligator oil as an insect repellant

• C.

  By clearing fields to plant corn, beans, and squash

• D.

  By organizing their communities as a confederacy

Answer explanation

Page 115: "They used alligator oil as insect repellant."

What did the Caddo and the Wichita have in common?

• A.

  They both farmed and hunted.

• B.

  They both hunted year round as nomads.

• C.

  They both came to live in Texas in the 1700s.

• D.

  They both lived in houses shaped like cones.

Answer explanation

Page 112 & 115