Caddos planted ________

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Caddos and Karankawa

Coastal Plains Indians

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

Created by: Jeremy King

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