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Native American Groups

100

This Native American group lived in large, permanent villages near the Rio Grande, tattooed or painted their faces with striped lines, and gathered wild plants and hunted buffalo for food.

Jumano

200

This Native American group lived in the Gulf Coast region, were known for their height, and were hunter-gatherers.

Karankawa

300

This Native American group lived in the Great Plains region of Texas, were skilled fighters and horsemen, and were nomadic people living in teepees.

Comanche

400

This Native American group lived in the Southeastern region of Texas, were politically organized into three confederacies, and were a matrilineal society.

Caddo

Texas Geography

100

This region of Texas is located along the Gulf of Mexico.

Coastal Plains region

200

This river borders Texas and Mexico

Rio Grande

300

This river borders Texas and Louisiana

Sabine River

400

This region of Texas features desert plants and grasslands as a natural resource

West Texas region

Texas History

100

This Spanish explorer conquered the Aztec Empire

Cortez

200

The largest number of immigrants to Texas have come from this country.

Mexico

300

This agreement nearly doubled the size of the United States

Louisiana Purchase

400

In 1810, Father Hidalgo helped start this revolution

Mexican Revolution

Rivers and Regions

100

This river borders Texas and Oklahoma.

Red River

200

This subregion of Texas is where the Caprock Escarpment is located

North Plains or West Plains

300

This major city is located in the Central Texas subregion

Austin

400

This river is the primary water source for the western part of Texas and flows through the state's desert regions.

Rio Grande

Cultural Practices

100

These were portable homes used by the Comanche and other Plains tribes, made from wooden poles and covered in animal skins

Teepees

200

This is the term for a person who travels from place to place, often in search of food or grazing land.

Nomad

300

This is the practice of tracing family descent through the mother’s side of the family, common among the Caddo.

matrilineal

400

The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and other continents after European contact is known as this.

Columbian Exchange