Native Texas Cultures Introduction

Multiple Choice

What region of Texas would this shelter be found in?

• Gulf Coastal Plains

• Great Plains

• Mountains and Basins

Open Ended

Would this be a permanent shelter?  Could you move it? 

Open Ended

What kind of housing would the Native Americans represented in the image have? Permanent housing or moveable housing? Why?

Multiple Choice

travel from place to place, no permanent house

• sedentary

• nomadic

• tipi

• travois

Multiple Choice

 people who do not move, permanent house

• sedentary

• nomadic

• tipi

• travois

Multiple Choice

a transport device, formerly used by the Plains Indians, consisting of two poles joined by a frame and drawn by an animal.

• sedentary

• nomadic

• tipi

• travois

Multiple Choice

a portable tent made of skins, cloth, or canvas on a frame of poles, used by North American Indians of the Plains

• sedentary

• nomadic

• tipi

• travois