Ancient People
Southeastern Gulf Cultures
Plains and Puebloan Cultures
The Spanish Explore Texas
The Quest for Gold and Glory
100
Who are the people who migrate with the animals they hunt for?
Nomads
100
When people were ill, they needed help from who?
A shaman
100
What are homes made of a mix of sun-dried earth and straw?
Adobe
100
What year did Columbus travel across the Atlantic Ocean to reach the Americas?
1492
100
What was the name of the City of Gold Cornado was searching for?
Cibola
200
What is the name of the scientists who study the past?
Archaeologists
200
What did it mean when a Native American society was matrilineal?
Kinship is traced through a person's mother
200
What are the two main Native American groups in this region?
Jornada and Tigua
200
A Spanish soldier who sought personal riches and power, as well as, GOLD and GLORY!!!
Conquistador
200
Where did the Turk take Cornado instead of Quivira?
An are the Wichita people occupied
300
How did the first people arrive into America?
They crossed the Bering Strait into Canada then followed the food down into America
300
Which Native American group had various confederacies that were connected by ties of kinship?
The Caddo
300
What city did the Jornada live near?
El Paso
300
What was the name of the Spanish conquistador that landed in Mexico and which empire did he conquer?
Cortes and the Aztecs
300
Who was the first European to reach the Mississippi River?
Moscoso
400
How did these Early Americans make a shelter?
Rock shelters, areas naturally cut open on the side of a canyon.
400
In 1528, which group was perhaps the first in Texas to meet Europeans?
Karankawa
400
What type of homes did the plains cultures live in?
Tepees
400
Which explore was the first to explore the Texas coast?
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
400
What are the names of the "Twin Cities?"
El Paso and Ciudad Juarez
500
The early Native Americans began using new kinds of technology. What was the main one they used to help them get food?
The bow and arrow
500
What kind of food did the Atakapa group hunt?
Alligators
500
Which Plains group was known for having large herds of horses?
The Kiowa
500
Which Native American group did Cabeza de Vaca come into contact with?
Karankawa
500
What was the main thing that killed the Native Americans?
Diseases
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