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Caddos and Karankawa
Coastal Plains Indians
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Most Native Americans who lived in Texas lived in which region? | The Gulf Coastal Plain |
| Which Indian Tribes lived in the Piney Woods Region | The Caddos, Karankawa, and Coahuiltecans |
| Largest group of Native Americans in Texas | The Caddos |
| Caddo bands lived along what river? | The Red River |
| Farmers, gatherers and hunters | Caddos and Jumanos |
| Caddos used _______ for hunting. | Bows and arrows |
| They used deer and bears for _______. | food and clothing. |
| Caddos planted ________ | beans, squash, pumpkins and sunflowers. |
| Another word for corn is... | maize |
| In order to clear space for farming, the Caddos... | burned shrubs and small trees in the orest. |
| Planting different crops in different fields each growing season is called | rotating the crops. |
| Caddos built their houses out of____ and were shaped like ______. | grass and trees, beehives |
| What is a Caddo house like? | Built out of wooden poles and covered with grass or reeds. Some were as large as 30 feet. No hole for smoke to escape. |
| Houses were built around a large _______. | temple or religious building |
| What were the large mounds used for? | Religious ceremonies and burial of their leaders. |
| A village leader was called the | chief. |
| A confederation is ... | a group of several villages joined together to help one another. |
| Caddos traded ______and ______ for items they could not find where they lived. | crafts, food |
| Caddos used __________ to make tools, cups and jewelry. | shells |
| Who built the Caddo shelters? | The tribe worked together, women and children gathering materials, men building the fram and covering with grasses. |
| What Indian tribe lived south of the Caddos? | Karankawas |
| The Karankawas were ________. | nomads. |
| A nomad is? | A person without a permanent home. |
| Why did the Karankawas move from place to place? | Land not suitable for farming. |
| What was the name of the boat the Karankawas used? | A dugout, made from large hollowed-out logs. |
| What was the name of the explorer who lived wiwth the Karakawas in the 1500s? | Cabeza de Vaca |
| What type of shelters did the Karankawas have? | Light wooden poles to frame the houses, skins or grass for the walls. They had to be portable. |
| What type of food did the Karankawas eat? | Alligators, oysters, turtles, wiwld plants. |
| How did they call for others to meet for ceremonies? | Through a system of smoke signals. |
| What items were made by the Karankawas? | Only their basic tools, baskets, pottery and bows and arrows. |
Created by:
Jeremy King