Early Texas History Quiz - Grade 4 Chapter 3

Read the passage. Then answer the question.

 

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?

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

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

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

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

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

• The Caddo

• The Karankawa

• The Tonkawa

• The Wichita

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

• By farming

• By gathering

• By hunting

• By trading

Why did ancient people in Texas modify the environment by digging quarries?

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

• They wanted flint to shape into pottery and baskets.

• They wanted to catch animals in the open pits.

• They wanted to build villages in the quarries.

Look at the map. Then answer the question.

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

North America?

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

• They crossed from Asia to North America over Beringia.

• They crossed from South to North America over Beringia.

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

Look at the illustration. Then answer the question.

Based on the illustration, how did the first Americans adapt to 

their environment?

• By wearing warm clothing and hunting large animals

• By wearing warm clothing and hunting small animals

• By using spears for hunting and gathering plants

• By using spears for hunting small animals

How did the first Americans meet their needs and wants?

• By trading and fishing

• By hunting and fishing

• By gathering and trading

• By hunting and gathering

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

by farming? 

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

• They became vegetarians because the great beasts were gone.

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

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

In which way did the Atakapa adapt to their environment? 

• By hunting deer and bird

• By using alligator oil as an insect repellant

• By clearing fields to plant corn, beans, and squash

• By organizing their communities as a confederacy 

What did the Caddo and the Wichita have in common? 

• They both farmed and hunted.

• They both hunted year round as nomads.

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

• They both lived in houses shaped like cones.