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What was the main motivation for the first Texans to travel across the frozen land into North America?
a) They wanted to move from Mexico
b) They were following the herds of animals that they needed for food and shelter
c) They were running away
d) They wanted to sail across the ocean to a new land

The earliest Texans were ____________.
a) Hunter-gatherers
b) Potters
c) Farmers
d) Puebloans

__________ allowed people to settle in one place instead of always moving around in search of food
a) Agriculture/Farming
b) Pottery
c) Rock Shelters
d) Bow and Arrow

_____ were among the big game animals hunted by the earliest Texans
a) Buffalo
b) Squirrels
c) Horses
d) Birds

This piece of land connected _____________ and North America
a) Asia
b) South America
c) Africa
d) North America

An example of ________ progressing is Natives going from a spear to a bow and arrow to hunt
a) Technology
b) Migration
c) Hunter-Gatherers
d) Artifacts

Who were most likely the ancient ancestors of American Indian groups who came to live in Texas?
a) People from Asia who followed herds of giant animals across Beringia
b) People from Europe who sailed the ocean in large ships
c) People from South America who sailed along the coasts in small boats
d) People from North America who crossed the Artic ice sheets

Which of these animals was still alive when the Great Pyramids were build in 2500 BCE?
a) Woolly Mammoth
b) Ground Sloth
c) Great Beaver
d) North American Cheetah

Which of these soda companies was invented in Texas, in 1885?
a) Dr. Pepper
b) Coca Cola
c) Pepsi
d) Jones Soda

What city in Texas is home to the largest known bat colony in North America?
a) Austin, Texas
b) Houston, Texas
c) El Paso, Texas
d) Corpus Christi, Texas

Archeologists study the culture and ____________ of early people
a) Artifacts
b) Adobe
c) Hunter-Gatherer
d) Nomad

A ____________ is a person who collects plants and hunts wild animal for food
a) Hunter-Gatherer
b) Nomad
c) Flint
d) Receiver

Scientists who study human remains and artifacts to learn how people lived
a) Archaeologists
b) Antrhopologists
c) Agriculturists
d) Architects

How did the first people arrive to Texas?
a) They sailed across the Pacific Ocean
b) They flew over the ocean in a plane
c) They traveled up north from Mexico
d) They crossed over the land bridge from Asia and followed the herds south

Referring to a group that traces kinship through the father's line
a) Patrilineal
b) Matrilineal
c)
d)

Person believed to have the power summon spirits and heal the sick
a) Shaman
b) Nomad
c) Hunter-Gatherer
d) Middleman

Referring to a group that traces kinship through the mother's line
a) Matrilineal
b) Patrilineal
c)
d)

A person who moves from place to place.
a) Nomad
b) Farmer
c) Middleman
d) Shaman

Person who lives by hunting and gathering
a) Hunter-gather
b) Farmer
c) Shaman
d) Warrior

Which of these is not an artifact?
a) Decomposing Stump
b) Tooth
c) Arrowhead
d) Broken spear pieces

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