Native Texans

Why did people keep moving down through North America and all the way to Texas?

• the weather was cooler

• the weather was warmer

Which tribes lived in the Coastal Plains?

• Karankawa

• Apache

• Coahuiltecan

• Jumanos

Which tribe lived in the Mountains and Basins?

• Coahuiltecan

• Comanche

• Tigua

• Atakapan

Pick the tribe that did NOT live in the North Central Plains.

• Caddo

• Atakapans

• Wichita

• Kiowa

Which tribes lived in the Great Plains?

• Kiowa

• Tonkawa

• Apache

• Karankawa

• Comanche

Our state was named after this tribe's greeting, "Tay-yas."

• Kiowa

• Apache

• Caddo

• Tonkawa

How did the Puebloan tribes adapt/modify to their environment?

• By learning to build canoes out of hollowed tree trunks.

• By building their homes out of adobe bricks that were dried in their sunny, desert-like environment.

• By adhering to a fish/seafood diet.

• By living in teepees since they were mostly nomadic.

Southeast Woodlands tribes lived in which natural region?

• Mountains and Basins

• North Central Plains

• Coastal Plains

• Great Plains

How did the Western Gulf tribes adapt/modify to their environment?

• By building igloos and wearing parkas to be more comfortable in the cold climate.

• By hunting buffalo and deer.

• By eating fish, seafood, and, sometimes, bugs.

• By living in teepees since they were mostly nomadic.

What caused the Land Bridge (Beringia) to be formed?

• The glaciers of the Ice Age lowered the ocean levels and dried out the land.it.

• A meteor hit earth and pushed the land up.

• A major construction project was undertaken after Columbus discovered America.

• Nomadic people built it because they wanted to cross it.