Natives Cultures of Texas

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Which Indian cultural area was made up mainly of hunter-gatherers who lived near the Gulf Coast? These people were nomads who used dugout canoes to fish for food.

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Western Gulf

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Which Indian cultural area was made up mainly of farmers who practiced crop rotation and used tools made of wood and animal bones? They also hunted wild game.

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Southeastern

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Which Indian Culture area lived in West Texas homes built of adobe bricks? Options: Plains, Southeastern, Pueblo, Western Gulf

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Pueblo

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Which Indian culture area was made of nomadic, skilled horse riders who lived in tepees?

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Plains

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How do archeologists and anthropologists learn about Indians who lived long ago and did not leave behind written records?

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They study the artifacts left behind.

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How do historians divide up the past to make it easier to study?

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They divide it into eras.

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What do you call people who move from place to place following game and trading with others?

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Nomads

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How did the Caddo keep the soil from wearing out after years of farming?

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Crop Rotation

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What do you call a loose alliance of groups who work together and support each other?

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Confederacy

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What is one way the Caddo differed from all other tribes?

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They were a matrilineal society.