Texas Regions and Geography
The North Central Plains Region is described as mostly __________.
What is Rural?
Many archaeologists believe that prehistoric humans migrated to North America by ___________?
What is crossing the Bering Strait?
Unlike nomadic tribes, Native Americans that settled in one place practiced ___________.
What is agriculture?
These Native Americans lived in grassy domes and were located in East Texas.
What is the Caddo Tribe?
This term describes hunter gatherer tribes who moved from place to place in search of food and resources.
What is nomadic?
The climate of the Coastal Plains region is ________ & ________.
What is Hot & Humid?
These Native Americans had elected leaders who made decisions for the tribe.
Who are the Comanche?
These structures could be disassembled quickly in order to evade attacking tribes.
What are tepees?
The Karankawa tribe lived in portable __________.
What are wigwams?
These three crops were the main sources of food for agricultural tribes.
What are corn, beans, and squash?
This region of Texas is known for a hot and dry climate.
What is the Mountains and Basins Region?
The Caddos were _________, meaning they trace kinship through the mother's line.
What is matrilineal?
This Tribe was patrilineal, as they traced kinship through the Father's line.
Who are the Tigua?
The Puebloan Native Americans lived in these types of homes.
What are adobe houses?
This was the most important resource for the Plains tribes (Comanche and Apache).
What are Bison/ Buffalo?
The Caprock Escarpment and Enchanted Rock can be found in this Texas Region.
What is the Great Plains Region?
This tribe had a similar language to Canadian and Alaskan tribes.
Who are the Apache?
This tribe weakened after gaining many enemies due to their culture of war and raids on other tribes.
Who are the Apache?
Because they were easy to transport, Tepees were the main style of shelter for both the ________ and the ___________ tribes.
What are the Apache and Comanche?
Corn was the main crop grown by this Native American group.
Who are the Caddo?
Because of its location near a major water source, this Texas region has the highest population and most economic activity.
What is the Coastal Plains Region?
What is ride horses?
The Karankawa used _________ to communicate between scattered groups.
The Coahuiltecan tribe used temporary structures made from bent tree trunks and brush, called _________.
What are wickiups?
This Native American tribe constantly struggled for food due to the harsh and dry climate of the area they lived in.
Who are the Coahuiltecan?