| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Matrilineal | Tracing decent and ancestry throught the mothers |
| Confederacy | A union of people or groups |
| Archaeologist | A scientist who studies evidence of human past such as artifacts |
| Nomad | person who travels from place to place based on needs |
| Artifact | evidence of past human remains |
| Anthropologist | A scientist who studies the movement of past cultures |
| Adobe | material or shelter made of dried earth (mud and clay) |
| Middlmen | people who acted as go-betweens for other groups (traders) |
| Shaman | Religious leader who was believed to heal the sick and see into the future |
| Plains Culture | A group of Native American tribes who lived on the Texas plains, followed the buffalo and lived in tepees |
| Pueblo Culture | A group of Native American tribes who lived in the Mountain and Basins of Texas, lived in adobe houses, and subsisted on agriculture |
| Southeastern Cultures | A group of Native American tribes who lived in East Texas, lived in big grass lodges, and subsisted mostly on agriculture |
| Gulf Cultures | A group of Native American tribes who lived along the coast of Texas, lived in small brushy huts, and were hunters and gatherers |
| Over a land bridge during the Ice Age | How did early people get to the North American Continent? |
| farming | What lead to a more complex society? |
| Striped facial tatoos | What was a cultural trait of the Jumanoes? |
| Tonkawas | What tribe strapped a piece of wood to the heads of their babies? |
| Karankawa | What tribe ate the flesh of their enemies to gain their spirit? |
| By farming | How did you attain your food if you were a sedentary tribe? |
| By hunting the buffalo | How did you attain your food if you were a nomadic tribe? |
| They died out or adapted to another culture | What happened to the Coahuiltecans? |
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