wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

The First Texans Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did the first people arrive to Texas?

a)

They sailed across the Pacific Ocean.

b)

They flew over the ocean in a plane.

c)

They traveled up north from Mexico

d)

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

2.

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

a)

They wanted to move from Mexico.

b)

They were running away.

c)

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

d)

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

3.

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?

a)

Caddo

b)

Apache

c)

Pueblo

d)

Karakawa

4.

Which phrase describes the Karankawa?

a)

lived in wooden huts

b)

traded food, beads and pottery

c)

nomadic people

d)

all of the above

5.

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

a)

Jumano

b)

Comanche

c)

Lipan Apache

d)

Caddo

6.

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?

a)

Caddo

b)

Jumano

c)

Comanche

d)

Karankawa

7.

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

a)

Apache

b)

Jumano

c)

Lipan Apache

d)

Karankawa

8.

Both the Apache and the Comanche ______________.

a)

built log homes

b)

traded food crops

c)

traded food crops

d)

were nomadic hunters

9.

Which American Indian groups were sedentary?

a)

Caddo and Jumano

b)

Comanche and Apache

c)

Karankawa and Comanche

d)

Apache and Karankawa

10.

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

a)

planted crops in East Texas

b)

hunted buffalo in the plains

c)

built pueblos in the desert

d)

stayed in one place their whole lives

11.

How did the Apache tribe govern themselves?

a)

They were governed by 25 people

b)

They were made up of two groups called Mescalero and Lipan that were led by warrior chiefs.

c)

They did not have a leader.

d)

They were led by war chiefs that were in charge of a council.

12.

Because of their location, the Karankawa were able to provide for their tribe by —

a)

mining gold.

b)

growing rice in the desert

c)

catching fish using different methods

d)

hunting buffalo

13.

Which region was home to the Jumano people of Texas?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Great Plains

c)

Mountains and Basin

d)

Great High Plains

14.

The Caddo people of East Texas lived in a region of mostly —

a)

canyons

b)

deserts

c)

mountains

d)

woods

15.

The drawing above shows the Caddo with another group of American Indians engaged in which daily economic activity?

a)

working

b)

celebrating

c)

hunting

d)

trading

16.

Which answer choice describes how the political system of the Comanche tribes and the Caddo tribes was different?

a)

The Caddo were led by warrior chiefs and the Comanche were led by warrior chiefs.

b)

The Caddo were governed by a confederacy, or a league of 25 groups of people and the Comanche were led by a war chief, a peace chief and a council.

c)

The Caddo had no leader and the Comanche were led by a war chief, a peace chief and a council.

d)

The Caddo joined other tribes and the Comanche moved around in small bands of 30-40 people.