WorksheetsEarly Texans
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Where did the first Americans come from? One strong theory says that they came across a land bridge called _________________________.
Beringia
Europe
The Bridge
Asia
This piece of land connected ________________ and North America.
Africa
Europe
Asia
South America
The theory states that hungry herds of huge animals, such as giant bison and woolly _______________, grazed on the grassy _______________________.
fox/hill
bears/plains
deer/hill
mammoths/plains
Who were most likely the ancient ancestors of American Indian groups who came to live in Texas?
People from North America who crossed the Arctic ice sheets
People from South America who sailed along the coasts in small boats
People from Asia who followed herds of giant animals across Beringia
People from Europe who sailed the ocean in large ships
Which of the following was traded long distances by ancient Texans?
Animal bones
Animal skins
Clay pots
Flint
Which American Indian people in Texas were direct descendants of the early Mound Builders and built houses shaped like cones?
The Atakapa
The Caddo
The Coahuiltecan
The Tonkawa
What was the region like in which the Karankawa lived?
A coastal area with wildlife and inland resources
A river valley with woods cleared for farming
A wide plain with herds of buffalo
A swampy area with alligators
Which of the following is a difference between the Caddo and the Karankawa?
The Caddo were hunters, and the Karankawa were ranchers.
The Caddo were farmers, and the Karankawa were nomads.
The Caddo were nomads, and the Karankawa were farmers.
The caddo were ranchers, and the Karankawa were villagers.
Which of the following is a difference between the way the Caddo and the Karankawa governed themselves?
The Caddo had a confederacy; in summer, the Karankawa had small bands with leaders.
The Caddo had small bands with leaders; the Karankawa had war chiefs.
The Caddo had war chiefs; the Karankawa had a confederacy.
The Caddo had a confederacy; the Karankawa had war chiefs.
Archeologists study the culture and ___________________ of early people.
hunter-gatherer
adobe
nomad
artifacts
Pueblo buildings were made from a mud and straw brick called ____________________.
nomads
adobe
hunter-gatherer
descendant
The first American Indians were ______________________ of the earliest people who came to North America.
adobe
nomads
hunter-gatherers
descendants
A _____________________________ is a person who collects plants and hunts wild animals for food.
nomad
hunter-gatherer
flint
adobe
The Karankawa did not have permanent homes, so they are called __________________.
nomads
adobe
flint
Asia
