Native American Rev. Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What is known as the period of time before written records? | Pre-history |
What is an anthropologist? | Person who studies and compares how people lived |
What is an archaeologist? | Person who uses the remains of materials to study past people |
What are artifacts? | Tools, weapons and other objects made by people that give clues to how people lived |
When did people start migrating to North America and how did they get here? | 38,000 and 10,000 they arrived using the Bering Strait |
What country did the first Americans come from? | Asia |
By what name were the first Americans known? | Paleo Indians |
What was the first mammal they hunted? | mammoth |
What is maize? | corn |
What is another word for groups of people who moved from place to place | nomads |
In what kind of homes did the Karankawa live? | wigwams |
What did the Coahuiltecan do for fun? | mitotes - all night celebrations |
What farming method did the Caddo practice? Why? | Crop rotation - to prevent soil from wearing out |
Who made the importand decisions in the Caddo society? | women |
What Hasinai word is the source for the name Texas? | Tejas - friend |
What materials did the Jumano use for their homes? | Adobe |
Where did the Jumano build their homes? | South Texas |
What is another name for animal skins? | hides |
In what kind of home did the Plains Indians live? | Teepees, movable homes made from animal hides stretched over poles |
What part of Texas did the Comanche control? | Northern and Western Texas |
What is the name for the area the Comanche controlled? | Comancheria |
Why did the American Indians move to the Plains? | buffalo |
What was introduced that led to the Indians developing more complex societies? | Farming |
Where do scientists believe the first Americans came from? | Asia |
What are hunters-gatherers? | People who hunt animals and gather wild plants for food |
How did the Coahuiltecan adapt to the dry climate of South Texas? | They were hunter gatherers |
Art drawn on cave walls is known as what? | rock art |
Near what major body of water did the Jumano build villages and grow crops? | Rio Grande |
What did the Pueblo Indians build made out of sun-baked mud and straw? | Adobe homes |
What was the most important crop for early Americans? | corn |
The North Central Plains was full of what animal that Indians depended on for food? | buffalo |
Which Native American tribe built permanent villages and were expert farmers? | Caddo |
What are allies? | Friends who supported each other |
What do you call groups of people that share a common language and are allies? | Confederacies |
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