Name
Mrs. Pieper
Period
Chapter 2 Vocabulary
Directions: Use Chapter 2 to find the terms that match the following
definitions. Write the term in the space provided. Start with the
BOLDED words in the chapter.
1. Alliances of people or groups that unite for a common purpose
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2. Mixture of wet clay and straw used to make bricks
3. Cone-shaped tents
4. Spanish word for a Tigua religious leader
5. The time before written records
6. Large room where the tribal council met and where other community activities
occurred
7. Passed down from parent to child
8. Human-made object that shows how people once lived
9. Carvings made in rock that show scenes of Indian life
10. Pictures drawn or painted on cave walls, ledges, or cliffs ___________________
11. Land set aside by the government for use by Native American people
12. Hand-held spear thrower used by prehistoric Indians
13. Landmass created during the last Ice Age when ocean levels in the Bering Strait
fell
14. Person sent to a place to convert its people to a new religion
15. Two or more extended families living together under one leader
16. Large structures in the desert Southwest that housed many families each
17. Consist of parents, their children, and grandchildren
18. People who travel long distances on foot in search of food, never setting up a
permanent home
19. Consists of several bands that follow the same leader and share the same
territory and culture
20. People who help each other to benefit them both
21. Individuals that study and learn about past cultures from the artifacts they find
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22. Long periods without rain that were devastating for the Jumanos because they
could not grow crops
23. People who survived by searching for wild plants and animals to eat
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24. Era where the earliest Texans followed mammoths and other slow-moving
animals of this period across the High Plains of the Panhandle p. 30
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25. Name of cultural group of Native Americans that include the Caddo, Atakapan,
Wichita p. 32 ____________________________________
26. Name of cultural group of Native Americans that were known to hunt buffalo, be
nomadic, and included the Tonkawa, Apache, Comanche, and Kiowa p. 36
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27. Name of cultural group of Native Americans that built and lived in large adobes
and include the groups called Tigua, Concho, and Jumano p. 41
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28. Name of cultural group of Native Americans that lived along the coast and
include the groups called the Coahuiltacans and Karankawas. P. 44
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29. Name of era where Native Americans invented the atlatl to adjust to the changing
food sources p. 30 _________________________________________
30. Name of era right before the 1500’s and the arrival of Europeans. Many of the
Native Americans in Texas had advantages over their ancestors with weaponry and
farming techniques p. 31 _____________________________________
31. Most advanced culture of the American Indians in Texas. They settled in
villages, traded across a wide area, and created confederacies p. 32-33
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32. Name of American Indian in Texas that had a dance called “mitotes.” The dance
would last 3 days and 3 nights. P. 46 __________________________________