Early People of Texas Review

The earliest Texans gathered foods such as fruit and corn.

• True

• False

Native Americans believed that the actions of shamans caused illnesses.

• True

• False

The Coahuiltecan lived along the Red River in East Texas.

• True

• False

The Tigua adopted the European custom of tracing descent through the father, becoming patrilineal

• True

• False

The Puebloan group known as the Jornada originally lived in adobe houses.

• True

• False

arrived in the region in the 1700s from what is now Oklahoma

• Caddo

• Karankawa

• Coahuiltecan

• Atakapa

• Wichita

complex agricultural society whose main crop was corn

• Caddo

• Karankawa

• Coahuiltecan

• Atakapa

• Wichita

alligators were an important resource for them

• Caddo

• Karankawa

• Coahuiltecan

• Atakapa

• Wichita

relied on small animals such as deer and rabbits for food

• Caddo

• Karankawa

• Coahuiltecan

• Atakapa

• Wichita

name for different Native American groups who lived along the Gulf Coast

• Caddo

• Karnkawa

• Coahuiltecan

• Atakapa

• Wichita