The First Texans: Comparing and Contrasting Native American Tribes

How did the first people arrive to Texas?

• They sailed across the Pacific Ocean.

• They flew over the ocean in a plane.

• They traveled up north from Mexico

• They crossed over the land bridge from Asia and followed the herds south.

What was the main motivation for the first Texans to travel across the frozen land into North America?

• They wanted to move from Mexico.

• They were running away.

• They were following the herds of animals that the needed for food and shelter.

• They wanted to sail across the ocean to a new land.

This tribe lives in dome shaped huts and traded the things they made with other tribes.

This picture shows life in which American Indian group in Texas?

• Caddo

• Apache

• Pueblo

• Karakawa

Which phrase describes the Karankawa?

• lived in wooden huts

• traded food, beads and pottery

• nomadic people

• all of the above

Which of the following American Indian groups BEST completes the Venn diagram?

• Jumano

• Comanche

• Lipan Apache

• Caddo

This tribe lives roams the Great Plains and lived in tepees. They also hunted buffalo.

This picture shows the life of which American Indian group?

• Caddo

• Jumano

• Comanche

• Karankawa

Which American Indian group lived in the Coastal Plains region of Texas?

• Apache

• Jumano

• Lipan Apache

• Karankawa

Both the Apache and the Comanche ______________.

• built log homes

• traded food crops

• traded food crops

• were nomadic hunters

Which American Indian groups were sedentary?

• Caddo and Jumano

• Comanche and Apache

• Karankawa and Comanche

• Apache and Karankawa

The Comanche traded animal skins with other tribes because they did which of the following?

• planted crops in East Texas

• hunted buffalo in the plains

• built pueblos in the desert

• stayed in one place their whole lives