Regions of Texas
Which region includes the major cities of Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas?
What is the Coastal Plains?
The first people in Texas were mainly this type of people.
What are hunter-gatherers?
The Caddo were part of which cultural group?
What is the Southeastern culture?
The Alamo is located in which Texas region?
What is the Coastal Plains?
The Caddo were matrilineal. What does that mean?
Families were traced through the mother’s side
Palo Duro Canyon and the Caprock Escarpment are found in which region?
What is the Great Plains?
What was the name of the land bridge early people crossed from Asia into North America?
What is Beringia?
The Karankawa tribe is remembered for building this type of boat.
What are dugout canoes?
Fort Worth Stockyards and AT&T Stadium are found in which region?
What is the North Central Plains?
What unusual method did the Karankawa use to keep away mosquitos?
What is Alligator grease?
Which region is represented by El Paso and Big Bend National Park?
What is the Mountains and Basins region?
Learning to farm changed early life in what TWO major ways?
People stayed in one place longer and had a dependable food source.
Which tribe in the Puebloan culture built irrigation systems for farming?
The Jumano
Which region includes Palo Duro Canyon, Edwards Plateau, and Caprock Escarpment?
What is the Great Plains?
The Puebloan tribes lived in villages made of what?
What is Adobe?
Region 1 shows flat prairies and grasslands. Region 2 shows plains, beaches, and wetlands. Name Regions 1 and 2
Region 1 = Great Plains, Region 2 = Coastal Plains
Historians learn about early cultures by doing what?
Studying drawings and artifacts
Plains tribes were skilled at hunting this animal, which was central to their lives.
What is the buffalo?
Big Bend National Park is a landmark of this region.
What is the Mountains and Basins?
Plains tribes often lived in tipis made of what?
What is Buffalo hides?
Which Texas region receives the most precipitation?
Coastal Plains
How did early Texans survive before farming?
By hunting animals, gathering plants, and using natural shelters.
Which tribe differed from others by farming with crop rotation in far east Texas?
Who are the Caddo?
Which era is described by Native Americans living in different regions of Texas?
The Natural Texas and Its People era
Name one way Southeastern and Puebloan cultures were similar.
Both lived in permanent villages and farmed