5. How did the physical regions of Texas determine how the Native Americans survived??

6. Map of Texas 4 regions - pg. 552 Major rivers of Texas

7. What was the most important factor that affected Native Texans? Geography – Ex. Land, water, ability to hunt, etc

8. Similarities All Native Texans respected the environment and protected natural resources.

9. confederacy – groups within a larger association matrilineal – tracing descendents through their mothers’ families shaman – people believed to have the power to summon spirits and to cure; led religious ceremonies; made medicine from plants; cared for the sick

10. customs – cultural ways of doing things environment – surroundings natural resources – vegetation, wildlife, water, minerals, and soil adobe – bricks made by drying clay, mud, and straw in the sun

11. plain – wide flat area – rolling – good for planting crops nomad – people who wander from place to place in search of food era – a period of time as reckoned from a specific date serving as the basis of its chronological system

12. aquifer – An underground layer of porous rock that yields water through springs or wells canyon - A deep narrow valley with steep sides and often a stream flowing through it

14. Puebloan Southeastern Western Gulf Plains

15. Southeastern Caddos Wichita Atakapans

16. Western Gulf Karankawa Coahuiltecans

17. Plains Tribes Tonkawas Apaches Comanches Kiowa Mescalero

18. Pueblo Jumano Conchos Tigua