Native Americans of Texas
A group of pueblo building Native Americans who lived along the Rio Grande River in the Mountains and Basins Region
The Jumanos
The Coastal Plains can be divided into the following subregions: The Piney Woods, Gulf Coast Plains, South Texas Plain,
_____________ and
______________
The Post Oak Belt & the Blackland Prairie
The North Central Plains can be divided into 3 subregions:
The Rolling Plains
The Grand Prairie
The Cross Timbers
The two subregions of the Great Plains are…
The High Plains &
The Edwards Plateau
The number of subregions in the Mountains and Basins region
A patrilineal plains tribe that were known as the “Horseman of the Plains”
The Comanche
The Coastal Plains is home to many _________; long, narrow islands lying parallel and close to the mainland
Barrier Islands
This subregion– and its vast grasslands– is home to the city of Fort Worth
The Grand Prairie
______ is a long, steep slope, especially at the edge of a plateau, or separating areas pf land at different elevations
Escarpment
The number of subregions in the Mountains and Basins region
Guadalupe Peak
A matrilineal, agrarian people, whose agricultural success led to the development of a complex society
The Caddo
This subregion is part of a massive pine forest that stretches across the southern United States
The Piney Woods
A two-pronged region that surrounds the Grand Prairie, with dense forests
The Cross Timbers
This subregion is known for its extreme weather, including blizzards and tornadoes
The High Plains
This is the most populated city in the
region-- as well as one of the most populous cities in the state– this city is a major hub for international trade
El Paso
A Great Plains tribe that migrated from Canada to the American Southwest approximately 1,000 years ago
The Apache
This city has deep Spanish roots– owing to its founding as a hub for several Spanish missions– and is perhaps best known for being the home of “The Alamo”
San Antonio
This nomadic hunting tribe supplemented their buffalo-based diet by hunting rattlesnakes and other small mammals
The Tonkawa
The Edwards Plateau is home to this city– nicknamed the “Silicon Hills”
Austin
The Jumano peoples built their homes using shaping clay mud and drying it out in the sun. What do we call the clay they used?
Adobe
This Native American group was a confederacy of several tribes, who lived primarily along creeks and rivers in the North Central Plains
The Wichita
This Gulf Coast Native American group lived as seasonal migrants and hunter gatherers, building canoes to ferry themselves between the barrier islands and the mainland
The Karankawa
The tribes of the Wichita peoples formed this _________, a loose association of peoples who work together for a specific purpose
Confederacy
This Native American group of the Great Plains allied themselves with the Comanche, in order to protect their territory and their way of life
The Kiowa
This landform is a lowland, surrounded by higher land
A basin