The First Texans
The period of time before written records is called
prehistory
The Karankawa people built portable ________, or circular huts, from bent poles covered with animal skins
wigwams
people who moved into Eastern Texas from present-day Arkansas, louisiana and oklahoma
Caddos
This is the name of a system used by the Caddos to prevent the soil from wearing out
Crop Rotation
one of the most important crops of the Atakapa people
corn
scientists who study and compare peoples to learn how they lived
anthropologists
The Coahuilticans held all night celebrations known as______
mitotes
Families traced through the mother's side is called____
Matrilineal
Tools, weapons and other objects made by people that give us clues as to how people lived are called_______
artifacts
devices used by the Caddos to prepare their fields
hoes
people have lived in texas for more than____ years
12,000
The Karankawas used dugout _______to make their way through the bays and inlets
canoes
What is the alliance called between different groups made up of the Wacos, the Taovayas, the Tawakonis, and the Wichitas ________?
Wichitas Confederacy
The time when Spanish explorers first met American Indians is known as the Age of _______
Contact
alliances between different groups
confederacies
archeologist
When the Europeans arrived, many Indian tribes died from _______
diseases
This tribe developed/made one of the more complex societies in Texas
Caddos
The Alibates flint quarries are a national monument located in_________
the central Panhandle of Texas
People of the Karankawa culture were _______ or groups of people who moved from place to place
nomads
The first Americans are known by the term (word)
paleo-indians
This tribe gave their children two names. One was after a close family member, the other was a secret name they believed carried magic.
Karankawas
This tribe lived between the Caddos Indians and the Gulf of Mexico
Atakapas
________________________ in the High Plains region has been a valuable site for the study of Paleo-Indians
Lubbock Lake
The Wichitas tattooed their bodies which made them look like racoons. They called themselves ______, which means racoon eyes
Kitikiti'sh