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WorksheetsChapter 4 The Early People of Texas
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The earliest Texans gathered foods such as fruit and corn.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
2. Native Americans believed that the actions of shamans caused illness.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
The Coahuiltecan lived along the Red River in East Texas.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
The Tigua adopted the European custom of tracing descent through the father, becoming patrilineal.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
The Puebloan group known as the Jornada originally lived in adobe houses.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
The Jornada still live in Ysleta, Texas.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
The earliest Texans were farmers.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
The Tigua people arrived in Texas before the Jornada people.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
The Pueblos lived in adobe houses whereas the Plains peoples lived in portable tepees made of tanned bison hides.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
The Tigua moved near present-day El Paso from New Mexico at the end of the 1600s.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
What do the recent archaeological findings at Buttermilk Creek suggest?
a)
that the first Texans
could have arrived 2,500 years earlier than previously thought
b)
that Europeans
settled in Texas long before the 1500s
c)
that the Spanish
introduced horses in Texas earlier than previously thought
d)
that the Native
Americans tried practicing agriculture before hunting and gathering
12.
Which new Native American technology was related to the cooking and storage of food?
a)
adobe
b)
atlatl
c)
pottery
d)
agave
13.
How was the technology of the bow and arrow an improvement over that of the spear?
a)
It allowed Native Americans to more easily follow a herd.
b)
It delivered a point with greater force.
c)
It allowed Native Americans to settle and hunt in one place.
d)
It made it necessary to get closer to the target.
14.
What animal did the earliest Texan hunter-gatherers hunt?
a)
small bison
b)
squirrel
c)
deer
d)
mammoth
15.
How did the formation of glaciers result in the first humans coming to America?
a)
a land bridge formed between Asia and America
b)
sea levels rose and flooded coastal areas
c)
the Bering Strait was created
d)
two masses of land were divided
16.
What happened to the Jumano as a result of the movement of the Apache into Texas?
a)
They lost their land
and trade relationships.
b)
They moved to the
Comancheria and farmed.
c)
They died rapidly
from disease and warfare.
d)
Their group merged
with the Apaches.
17.
What are Native American creation stories?
a)
stories about how
Native Americans farmed and hunted
b)
stories about Native
American social systems
c)
stories about how the
Earth and people came to be
d)
stories about how
animals once understood human language
18.
Why were the Caddo considered an agricultural society?
a)
They gathered nuts
and berries from the surrounding countryside.
b)
They grew corn,
squash, beans, and other foods.
c)
They were part of a
large trade network.
d)
They made beautiful
pottery.
19.
What action did the Karankawa take as the seasons changed?
a)
They switched between
fishing and hunting.
b)
They grew a different
variety of crops.
c)
They moved between
the barrier islands and more inland areas.
d)
They joined different
bands with different chiefs.
20.
How were positions of power usually passed on in the Caddo culture?
a)
from village elder to village elder
b)
from one generation to the next in the same family
c)
through the caciques of the tribal council
d)
through shamans and other healers
21.
arrived in the region in the 1700s from what is now Oklahoma
a)
Karankawa
b)
Coahuiltecan
c)
Atakapa
d)
Wichita
22.
complex agricultural society whose main crop was corn
a)
Caddo
b)
Karankawa
c)
Coahuiltecan
d)
Atakapa
23.
alligators were an important resource for them
a)
Caddo
b)
Karankawa
c)
Coahuiltecan
d)
Atakapa
24.
relied on small animals such as deer and rabbits for food
a)
Wichita
b)
Atakapa
c)
Coahuiltecan
d)
Karankawa
25.
name for different Native American groups who lived along the Gulf Coast
a)
Caddo
b)
Karankawa
c)
Coahuiltecan
d)
Atakapa
26.
connected Alaska and Asia
a)
glacier
b)
land bridge
c)
archaeologist
d)
Bering Strait
27.
vast sheets of ice
a)
glacier
b)
land bridge
c)
archaeologist
d)
Bering Strait
28.
body of water that covered the land bridge
a)
artifacts
b)
Bering Strait
c)
archaeologist
d)
land bridge
29.
objects made or used by people
a)
Bering Strait
b)
artifacts
c)
archaeologist
d)
glacier
30.
scientist who studies the past
a)
glacier
b)
land bridge
c)
archaeologist
d)
Bering Strait
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