American Indians 1
To travel from one place to another in search of food?
Migration
What's the word for the RULES for living together and MAKING DECISIONS that affected everyone in the tribe? (starts with a G)
Government
What's the name of a house built from bushes, leaves, and wood (starts with a W)
Wigwams
Who still lives in Texas today?
Alabama-Coushatta
What were the main animals killed for food by the Native Americans?
Buffalo
Where in Texas do the Alabama-Coushatta live today?
Piney Woods
What were the main jobs for the Native American men?
HUNTING
Native Americans made clothing out of?
Buffalo hide, buffalo skin, buffalo fur.
Why did most settlers in Texas welcome railroad tracks crossing the lands of Texas?
Rivers flooded and made trading hard to do.
Relatives who lived in the past?
What are ancestors?
The land bridge the first Indians called was the_____
Bering Strait/ Beringia
Creating pathways for water into a piece of land is called ______
Irrigation
What are the possible origins of the American Indians groups of NORTH AMERICA? (think Ice Age)
They crossed the Bering Strait during the Ice Age. They walked across frozen ocean.
What are the possible origins of the American Indians groups of TEXAS?
They followed herds of animals all the way to Texas.
What were the Comanches warriors of? They were called the "Warriors of the ____"
Horse
How did the Comanche govern themselves? They had a ____.
Chief
How did the Caddo govern themselves?
Confederacy
Which group lived in West Texas, were farmers, and lived in adobes?
Jumanos
Why did the Caddo farm?
They had more food if they grew it themselves.
Which 2 groups lived in West Texas? How did each group survive in their economies?