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Review Chapter Two - Native Americans
1. A __________ is a portable shelter, coned-shaped tent made of poles covered with
animal skins.
2. Name the Indian groups to use this type of shelter.
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3. Which ‘land’ explorer found and walked on the Gulf Coast of Texas ?
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4. People who survive by searching for wild plants and animals to eat are called ?
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5. Which tribe first lived around Texas’ present capitol ?
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6. Which tribe lived in the ‘Piney Woods’ of East Texas ?
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7. Who named the American Indians ?
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8. Why did he choose that name ?
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9. Which tribe believed in a single creator and used dogs when they hunted ?
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10. What Indian tribe’s name means ‘enemy’ ?
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11. Name the four regions of Texas._________________________,
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12.Which tribe lived in present day area of El Paso to the Pecos River and used adobe
for their pueblos ? _______________________________.
13.The Atakapan lived in five bands. Of the five, which band used bear skins to cover
their winter homes ? ___________________________________
14.Which tribe became expert horse riders and were known as ‘warriors of the
plains’? ______________________________
15.Who introduced the Indians to horses ? _____________________________
16.What year ? ____________________
17.The ________________ Indians became skilled farmers in desert regions and lived
in a version of today’s apartment complex.
18.Name the 12 Indian tribes of Texas.
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4____________________5______________________6__________________________
7____________________8______________________9__________________________
10___________________11_____________________12_________________________
19.The ________________________ are the oldest group of Native Americans still
living in Texas today. They were primarily farmers and they practiced the
Roman Catholic religion.
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20.These Spanish people were sent into new places to ‘convert’ the local people into
accepting their new religion. _______________________.
21.This group of Indians was the ‘tallest’ of all Texas Indians. It also believed that they
practiced ‘ceremonial cannibalism’. Who were they ?
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22.A ________________________ is land set aside by the United States government for
use by the Indian.
23.The Comanche way of live depended on the buffalo. Name three ways
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24.From what word did the name Texas originate ?___________________.
What group used this word? _____________________.
What does it mean?___________________
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PRE AP CLASSES ONLY
Essay Choices: 50 words minimum – 70 words maximum EACH
REMEMBER: 1, 2, and 3 letter words DO NOT count in 7th Grade Word Count
Pre-AP Class Will Choose Two
DO NOT PLAGERIZE…..USE YOUR WORDS
Buffalo.
Write about the Buffalo. It’s importance to Native Americans. How it was used.
What it looked like. Were it came from. How it w
as captured and by whom.
Etc,etc,etc.
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca.
Who was he? Why was he in Texas? Who did he meet? Who were his friends?
Enemies? Allies? When did he come to America? Texas? Etc, etc, etc.
Native American Housing.
What types? Who built what? Why? What material(s) was used? Permanent or
Portable?
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