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Texas Regions and Native American Cultures Quiz

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which river separates the Plains and the Puebloan Cultures?

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Red River

c)

Sabine River

d)

Pecos River

2.

Which states border Texas to the EAST?

a)

Louisiana and Arkansas

b)

New Mexico and Oklahoma

c)

Oklahoma and Arkansas

d)

New Mexico and Arkansas

3.

The Caddo Indians, of the Southeastern Culture: Their homes/shelter were____

a)

tepees out of buffalo hide

b)

grass and wood dome huts

c)

sedentary homes of sun-baked mud

d)

animal hides stretched over branches

4.

The Plains culture housing was________

a)

adobe houses

b)

grass and wood domes

c)

animal hides and sticks

d)

tepees-buffalo hide tents

5.

Which region and culture had access to water (rivers) and plentiful trees for lumber?

a)

mountain & basin region and puebloan culture

b)

great plains region and plains culture

c)

north central plains region and southeastern culture

d)

coastal region and southeastern culture

6.

Texas Rivers empty into

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Rio Grande

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Lake Lachrymose

7.

Major difference between Gulf Coast Indians and Plains Indians

a)

Gulf Indians lived in cone-shaped tents of buffalo hide

b)

Gulf Indians ate oysters, clams, and lots of FISH

c)

Plains Indians made houses of adobe mud bricks

d)

Plains Indians were the first to farm wheat and corn

8.

Which region did the Karankawa tribe live in?

a)

Orange-the Coastal Region

b)

Blue-Great Plains Region

c)

Red-Mountains and Basin Region

d)

Green-North Central Plains Region

9.

Why was AGRICULTURE important for the Caddo tribe?

a)

Easy access to river transportation

b)

Medium to high mountain elevation best for crops

c)

They had a warm climate and a lot of water

d)

Plenty of ocean harbors for shipping

10.

Climate of the North Central (Rolling) Plains?

a)

Rainfall all year, mainly in winter

b)

Heavy snowfall

c)

winters are dry, with very little snow

d)

not many thunderstorms or tornadoes

11.

Largest city in Texas is in which region?

a)

blue-mountain and basin

b)

green-mountain and basin

c)

blue-great plains

d)

orange-coastal region

12.

Highest elevation in Texas?

a)

red-mountain and basin

b)

blue-coastal plains

c)

green-mountain and basin

d)

orange-coastal region

13.

If you wanted to be a rancher, where would you settle?

a)

red-wolves can't climb the mountains to eat your cattle

b)

green-tornadoes protect your cattle from rustlers

c)

yellow-very little rain and plenty of oil reserves to sell to buy more cows

d)

blue-moderate climate and plenty of water resources

14.

Mountains and basins:

a)

agriculture and cattle ranching

30 inches of rainfall yearly

b)

dry climate less than 10 inches yearly

deserts located here

c)

Grand Canyon of Texas here

30 inches or rainfall yearly

d)

dry climate less than 10 inches yearly

Grand Canyon of Texas

15.

hot in the summer, the most rainfall in Texas, good soil for crops

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Mountains and Basins

c)

Great Plains

d)

North Central Plains

16.

Palo Duro Canyon (the Grand Canyon of Texas), Sea of Grass, has ranching and agriculture

a)

Mountain and Basin

b)

Coastal Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Great Plains

17.

Puebloan culture in the Mountain Basin adapted to the HOT and DRY climate by

a)

travel to other regions to bring back water

b)

used irrigation systems to bring water from the Red River

c)

used plants that store water to survive

d)

invented air conditioning

18.

Why was the Plains culture nomadic?

a)

must move to hunt buffalo

b)

to escape Puebloan warriors

c)

they built adobe houses and farmed

d)

did not like to leave their ranches

19.

Puebloan culture was

a)

nomadic because they hunted buffalo

b)

nomadic because they fished and hunted turtles

c)

sedentary because they built adobe houses and relied on agriculture

d)

sedentary because they were cattle ranchers

20.

Difference between GREAT PLAINS and PUEBLOAN tribes?

a)

The Puebloan tribes were matrilineal.  The Great Plains were patrilineal.

b)

The Puebloan tribes--bands of families headed by a chief.  The Plains tribes-- part of larger groups

c)

Puebloan tribes--sedentary agricultural society: Plains tribes were nomadic hunters.

d)

Puebloan tribes originally lived in Canada: Great Plains tribes originally lived along the Texas Gulf Coast.

21.

I Say PUEBLO

You say....

a)

ADOBE House

b)

TEEPEE

c)

Hide-covered frame house

d)

WOOD House