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Unit 1: Natural Texas and Its People

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
_____ allowed people to settle in one place instead of always moving around in search of food.
a)
Rock Shelters
b)
Agriculture/Farming
c)
Pottery
d)
Bow and Arrow
2.
One feature of Puebloan culture was homes made of _____.
a)
Wood
b)
Adobe
c)
rock
d)
hides
3.
Portable, easily moved Native American homes are called _____.
a)
Adobes
b)
Cone shaped Huts
c)
Teepees
d)
pueblos
4.
Which Native Texan tribe lived in cone/dome shaped houses covered in grass?
a)
Jumano
b)
Karankawa
c)
Coahuiltecan
d)
Caddo
5.
Which Native Texan Tribes lived adobe houses in the Mountains and Basins Region?
a)
Jumano
b)
Karankawa
c)
Coahuiltecan
d)
Caddo
6.
Natives of the Plains regions were mostly __________.
a)
warrior tribes
b)
sedentary
c)
nomadic
d)
farmers
7.

Which Native American CULTURE hunted buffalo, gathered plants, and lived in the center/panhandle of Texas?

a)

Plains

b)

Puebloan

c)

Gulf

d)

Southeastern

8.

Which Native American CULTURE lived in tepees made of buffalo skin?

a)

Plains

b)

Puebloan

c)

Gulf

d)

Southeastern

9.
What is the name of Region A?
a)
The Coastal Plains Region
b)
The Great Plains Region
c)
The Central Plains Region
d)
The Mountains and Basins Region
10.
What is the name of Region B?
a)
The Coastal Plains Region
b)
The Great Plains Region
c)
The Central Plains Region
d)
The Mountains and Basins Region
11.
What is the name of Region C? 
a)
The Coastal Plains Region
b)
The Great Plains Region
c)
The Central Plains Region
d)
The Mountains and Basins Region
12.
What is the name of Region D? 
a)
The Coastal Plains Region
b)
The Central Plains Region
c)
The Great Plains Region
d)
The Mountains and Basins Region
13.
What is the definition of “nomadic”?
a)
Staying in one place and not moving.
b)
Moving from place to place with no permanent home. 
c)
Riding a horse to travel somewhere
d)
People who farm the land. 
14.
All of the cultural groups have differences, but one thing is similar to them all.  What is it?
a)
They looked the same.
b)
They used environmental resources to survive.
c)
They spoke the same language.
d)
They all lived in longhouses.
15.

What is a characteristic of a Native Texan group that is nomadic?

a)

Sedentary

b)

Hunters/Gatherers

c)

Adobe villages

d)

Farmers

16.

Describe the mountains and basins region?

a)

Desert and little rain

b)

Lots of rain

c)

Lots of hills and prairies

d)

Access to water

17.

Which region is a hurricane zone?

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Coastal Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

North Central Plains

18.

What is the definition of "sedentary"?

a)

You move around a lot

b)

You move once in your whole life

c)

You only move during the winter

d)

You stay on one place

19.

In which region of Texas did the Comanche live?

a)

Gulf Coast

b)

Mountain and Basin Region

c)

East Texas

d)

Great Plains

20.

In which region of Texas did the Jumano live?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Gulf Coastal Plain

c)

Mountain and Basin Region

d)

Central Plains