UNIT TEST: NATURAL TEXAS AND ITS PEOPLE (GRADE 7)

Which region on the map includes the major cities of Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Refer to the Venn diagram comparing Coahuiltecan and Apache cultures. Which of the following correctly replaces the question mark in this diagram?

• A. Part of the Plains culture

• B. Part of the Puebloan culture

• C. Part of the Southeastern culture

• D. Part of Shaman culture

The first people in Texas were primarily -

• farmers

• traders

• hunter-gatherers

• entrepreneurs

Determine whether each characteristic describes the culture of the Gulf or Plains Natives or of both groups. Characteristic: Were skilled horsemen and buffalo hunters

• Plains Natives

• Gulf Natives

• Both groups

• Neither group

Determine whether each characteristic describes the culture of the Gulf or Plains Natives or of both groups. Select the correct answer in each row. Characteristic: Built portable housing structures

• Both

• Only Gulf Natives

• Only Plains Natives

• Neither

Determine whether each characteristic describes the culture of the Gulf or Plains Natives or of both groups. Characteristic: Used dugout canoes for fishing and transportation

• Gulf Natives

• Plains Natives

• Both Gulf and Plains Natives

• Neither Gulf nor Plains Natives

How did the Jumano modify their environment?

• By using alligator grease as bug repellant

• By building irrigation systems for crops

• By using dugout canoes for fishing

• By hunting buffalo on horseback

What claim is supported by the excerpt?

• Early people could not leave Asia during the Ice Age.

• Early people were nomadic.

• Early people established Beringia.

• Early people used boats to get to North America.

Which statement BEST provides evidence for the answer to Part A?

• Thousands of years ago, the Earth was experiencing an ice age.

• The first people to come to North America walked across that land bridge.

• They were hunters following herds of migrating animals.

• Eventually, those first people migrated all the way to Texas.

How did learning to farm change life for early people?

• By requiring them to stay in one place for longer periods of time

• By allowing them to develop ways to travel faster than before

• By giving them the opportunity to develop better tools for hunting

• By providing them with a dependable source of food allowing societies to develop

• By forcing them to divide into hunting tribes and farming tribes and causing friction