Caddos and Karankawa Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
The Karankawas were ________. | nomads. |
Planting different crops in different fields each growing season is called | rotating the crops. |
Houses were built around a large _______. | temple or religious building |
Most Native Americans who lived in Texas lived in which region? | The Gulf Coastal Plain |
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. |
A village leader was called the | chief. |
Which Indian Tribes lived in the Piney Woods Region | The Caddos, Karankawa, and Coahuiltecans |
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. |
What was the name of the explorer who lived wiwth the Karakawas in the 1500s? | Cabeza de Vaca |
How did they call for others to meet for ceremonies? | Through a system of smoke signals. |
Largest group of Native Americans in Texas | The Caddos |
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 planted ________ | beans, squash, pumpkins and sunflowers. |
Caddo bands lived along what river? | The Red River |
Caddos used _______ for hunting. | Bows and arrows |
A nomad is? | A person without a permanent home. |
In order to clear space for farming, the Caddos... | burned shrubs and small trees in the orest. |
What Indian tribe lived south of the Caddos? | Karankawas |
Farmers, gatherers and hunters | Caddos and Jumanos |
Why did the Karankawas move from place to place? | Land not suitable for farming. |
Another word for corn is... | maize |
They used deer and bears for _______. | food and clothing. |
What items were made by the Karankawas? | Only their basic tools, baskets, pottery and bows and arrows. |
What type of food did the Karankawas eat? | Alligators, oysters, turtles, wiwld plants. |
What were the large mounds used for? | Religious ceremonies and burial of their leaders. |
Who built the Caddo shelters? | The tribe worked together, women and children gathering materials, men building the fram and covering with grasses. |
Caddos used __________ to make tools, cups and jewelry. | shells |
What was the name of the boat the Karankawas used? | A dugout, made from large hollowed-out logs. |
Caddos built their houses out of____ and were shaped like ______. | grass and trees, beehives |
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Jeremy King