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TX History Ch. 4
The Early People of Texas
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| CADDO | ARE ONE OF THE MANY NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES THAT THRIVED IN THE AREA OF TEXAS BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF EUROPEANS. |
| NOMAD | PERSON WHO MOVES FROM PLACE TO PLACE. |
| BERING STRAIT | A BODY OF WATER THAT COVERED THE LAND BRIDGE, AND COULD NO LONGER BE USED TO CROSS FROM ASIA TO THE AMERICAS. |
| ARCHAEOLOGIST | SCIENTIST WHO STUDIED THE PHYSICAL REMAINS OF THE PAST. |
| ARTIFACTS | ANY OBJECT MADE OR USED BY HUMANS SUCH AS TOOLS, POTTERY, BONES, AND SHELLS. |
| NATURAL TEXAS AND IT'S PEOPLE | AN ERA WHERE THE NATIVE AMERICANS WHO LIVED IN TEXAS FROM PREHISTORIC TIME UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF EUROPEANS IN 1528. |
| HUNTER- GATHERER | A PERSON WHO LIVES BY HUNTING AND GATHERING FOOD, RATHER THAN GROWING IT. |
| ATLATL (AHT-LAH-TUHL) | A STICK THAT IS USED BY THE TEXANS TO HUNT, THEY THROW THEIR SPEARS FARTHER AND GIVE THEM MORE FORCE. |
| AVAILABLE | NEARBY AND READY TO USE |
| TECHNOLOGY | THE APPLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES TO PRACTICAL USE. |
| AROUND A.D. 600 TO 700 | NATIVE AMERICANS IN TEXAS BEGAN USING NEW KIND OF TECHNOLOGY. |
| SHAMAN | PERSON BELIEVED TO HAVE THE POWER TO SUMMON SPIRITS AND HEAL THE SICK. |
| SITE | A PLACE OR LOCATION |
| BANDS | SMALL UNITS WHERE MOST NATIVE AMERICANS LIVE WITH. NORMALLY ALL ______ MEMBERS SHARED THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DECISION MAKING. |
| CONFEDERACY | A UNION OF DIFFERENT GROUPS. |
| MATRILINEAL | REFERRING TO A GROUP THAT TRACES KINSHIP THROUGH THE MOTHER'S LINE. |
| STATUS | SOCIAL RANK OR POSITION. |
| POTTERY | THE CADDOS IS WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR BEAUTY OF THIS. |
| 1859 | YEAR WHERE CADDO RELOCATED TO RESERVATIONS IN PRESENT-DAY OKLAHOMA, WHERE THEIR DESCENDANTS LIVE TODAY. |
| KARANKAWA | IS A NAMED USED TO REFER TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT NATIVE AMERICAN GROUPS WHO LIVED ALONG THE GULF COAST AND SHARED COMMON LANGUAGE. - THEY ARE NOMADIC PEOPLE |
| NOMADIC OR NOMADS | LIVING THE LIFE OF NOMADS, WANDERING. |
| SMOKE SIGNAL | KARANKAWA USED THIS TO SEND MESSAGES TO ONE ANOTHER OVER A DISTANCE. |
| 1528 | THE YEAR KARANKAWA MET THE EUREPEANS. |
| ADOBE | A MIX OF SUN-DRIED EARTH AND STRAW USED TO BUILD HOUSES. |
| JORNADA (HOHR-NAH-DAH) AND TIGUA (TEE-WAH) | PUEBLOAN CULTURE IN TEXAS INCLUDED TWO MAIN NATIVE AMERICAN GROUPS, THEY WERE THE ______________ AND _________________. THEY ARRIVE IN TEXAS AREA IN 1680. |
| PATRILINEAL | REFERRING TO A GROUP OF TRACES KINSHIP THROUGH THE FATHER'S LINE. |
| TEPEE | A PORTABLE HOME MADE OF TANNED BISON HIDES FASTENED TO A FRAMEWORK OF POLES. |
| MIDDLEMAN | A DEALER OR AGENT ACTING AS A GO-BETWEEN FOR THE PRODUCERS OR GOODS AND RETAILERS OR CONSUMERS. |
| DISTINCT | NOTABLE; UNIQUE |
| POPE FROM TAOS PUEBLO, 1680 | LED THE PUEBLO REVOLT IN _________. |
| JUAN DE ONATE, 1598 | IN ______________ , ____________A SPANISH EXPLORER LED HUNDREDS OF SETTLERS TO MODERN DAY NEW MEXICO. |
| MIGRATED | TO MOVE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. |
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