Native Texans Unit Test

According to scientists, the first American Indians crossed a ____(1)____ from Asia to ____(2)____, and then into Texas.

The best selection to complete number 1 is -

• land bridge
• mountain range
• ocean

According to scientists, the first American Indians crossed a ____(1)____ from Asia to ____(2)____, and then into Texas.

The best selection to complete number 1 is -The best selection to complete number 2 is -

• Asia
• North America
• Africa

The three cities on the map are important because they are the location of the only Native tribes who -

• learned about Christianity
• built adobe brick homes
• hunted the mammoth
• live on reservations today

What word best replaces the question mark above?

• confederacy
• colony
• wigwam
• nomad

Which best replaces the question mark?

• Fished in the Gulf of Mexico
• Were nomads
• Were strong swimmers
• Lived in permanent villages

What best replaces the question mark?

• Growing corn helped create a stable food source
• Raiding others made the Caddo feared by all
• Creating a very strong army of men and women
• Eating large amounts of buffalo meat everyday

Even though their land was dry, how did the Jumano water their crops?

• The Jumano planted new crops after it rained.
• The Jumano grew crops that did not need water.
• The Jumano built irrigation systems for their crops.
• The Jumano cut open cactus plants to use.

Why did the Caddo create the type of physical feature pictured above? Select TWO correct answers.

• The Caddo created this type of feature to be able to easily see their enemies.
• The Caddo created this type of feature to be used as a temple.
• The Caddo created this type of feature to protect homes from rivers flooding.
• The Caddo created this type of feature to be used as a burial site.

Which of the following best replaces the question mark?

• Lived along the Gulf Coast
• Lived on the South Texas plains
• Lived in the Mountains and Basins region
• Lived in permanent adobe villages

The Apache and Comanche traveled in groups and had group leaders; however, the Caddo were a united people of several Southeastern tribes called a -

• mound
• reservation
• confederacy
• maize