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Chapter 3: Native Texans
      
  1.People migrated to the Western Hemisphere ________.  
  a.   to follow herds of animals  
  b.   to escape persecution in Asia  
  c.   to look for artifacts  
  d.   to set up agricultural villages  
      
  2.Which of the following statements does NOT describe how the first settlers in Texas obtained their food?  
  a.   They developed a notched throwing stick called an atlatl.  
  b.   They used flint-tipped spears and darts to make a kill.  
  c.   They encircled a herd of animals and then moved in for the kill.  
  d.   They traded with people in central Mexico for food.  
      
  3.All of the following are early cultures of Texas EXCEPT ________.  
  a.   Great Lakes culture  
  b.   Pueblo culture  
  c.   Gulf culture  
  d.   Plains culture  
      
  4.The most numerous and agriculturally productive of all the native Texas nations were the ________.  
  a.   Karankawas  
  b.   Caddos  
  c.   Coahuiltecans  
  d.   Cahokias  
      
  5.The Native American people along the Gulf of Mexico ________.  
  a.   lived in permanent villages  
  b.   built dome-shaped houses of mud, poles, and straw  
  c.   led a nomadic life  
  d.   were part of larger confederacies  
      
  6.Which of the following statements is NOT true about European effects on Native Americans?  
  a.   Many Native Americans died from diseases that Europeans brought to the region.  
  b.   Technology introduced by the Europeans changed tribal relationships.  
  c.   The Europeans forced the Native Americans to give up their land.  
  d.   The Europeans and Native Americans enjoyed equal status and shared the available food and water.  
      
  7.The ________ acted as middlemen between the eastern farming nations and the western peoples.  
  a.   Wichitas  
  b.   Cherokees  
  c.   Jumanos  
  d.   Tiguas  
      
  8.The western Pueblo people lived in ________.  
  a.   tepees  
  b.   earthen domes  
  c.   the Comancherķa  
  d.   cities built on the sides of cliffs  
      
  9.What ended the Plains people's way of life?  
  a.   drought  
  b.   destruction of the buffalo herds  
  c.   intermarriage with Mexican settlers  
  d.   warfare with other Native American groups  
      
  10.The ________ were allies of the Comanches.  
  a.   French traders  
  b.   Apaches  
  c.   Jumanos  
  d.   Kiowas  

 






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