Name: __________________________ Date: __________________________ Teacher: __________________________ Social Studies Grade 4 Unit 02: American Indians Before European
Exploration 2012-2013_Edited
Instructions: The teacher should pace the assessment by reading the items orally as appropriate.
Test Date: September 25, 2012 Recommended Time: 1 class period This test is the property of TESCCC/CSCOPE and as such may not be replicated or changed without permission.
1
Which answer choice BEST fits the facts
below?
4 Which answer choice BEST fits the facts
below?
Lived in the Great Plains
Native American group
Inhabited the Gulf Coast region of
Texas
Nomadic people
A
Karankawa
B
Jumano
C
Apache
D
Kiowa
Nomadic people
Depended on the buffalo for
everything
F
Maya
G
Karankawas
H Comanche
J
2 What were Native Americans who
hunted as a way of life able to trade with
others?
F
clay jars
G
smoking pipes
Jumano
5 All of te following were ways Indian
groups in Texas met their needs
EXCEPT:
A Hunting animals
H animal skins
B Farming crops
J
C
corn
Burying artifacts
D Bartering and trading
3 If a Native American is a nomad, what
does he do?
A farm the land every year
B move from place to place
C build houses that can keep wind and
rain out
D build forts and missions
6 What do you call the mixture of mud
and straw that some Native American
cultures used for their homes?
F
culture
G
adobe
H pemmican
J
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7
The Apache and Comanche American
Indian tribes have which of the following
in common?
9 The Caddo did not move around much.
The Apache did. The Caddo farmed for
food. The Apache hunted.
A They both were settled farmers.
B They both were nomadic.
C
They both built log homes.
D They both traded food crops.
8 Assume you are an archaeologist on a dig
in the Mountains and Basins Region. You
have found evidence of an old adobe
village with an irrigation ditch. Which of
the following inferences can you make?
F
The Apaches lived there.
G
The Karankawa lived there.
What is a reason for the difference in
ways of life for these Native American
groups?
A Their environments were different
because they lived in different parts
of the state.
B They had different forms of
government.
C
They worshipped differently.
D The Caddos had more money.
H The Jumanos lived there.
J
The Caddos lived there.
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10 Which of the following Native American
groups BEST completes the chart?
F
Pueblo
G
Tonkawa
H Comanche
J
Caddo
1 1 What is the BEST title for the Venn
diagram above?
A
What Native Americans Used for
Shelter
B Little Known Facts about the
Jumano
C How Native Americans Lived
on the Land
D All Native Americans in Texas
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Place a symbol on the map of
Texas showing where the
Karankawas lived.
Place a different symbol on the
map showing where the Jumanos
lived.
Place a different symbol on the
map showing where the
Comanches lived.
Place another symbol on the map
showing where the Caddoes lived.
Create a Key for the map defining
each of the symbols.
13 If you left a Caddo village and traveled
to a Comanche camp site, which
direction would you be going?
A
southwest
B
northwest
C
southeast
D northeast
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14 Based on the drawing above, what kind
of crops are they raising?
1 5 What would be the BEST title for the
drawing above?
F
grapes
A
G
wheat
B Summer in the Great Plains
H
apples
C
J
corn
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Women Do All the Work
How to Build an Adobe House
D Daily Life for the Caddo
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16
From the viewpoint of a ten-year-old child living in the village above, write a journal entry
explaining what your life is like. Be sure to cover the following points:
What does your mother do?
What does your father do?
What kinds of foods do you eat?
What kinds of clothing do you wear?
What is your house like?
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1 7 What are the women in the picture
doing?
18 The painting shows daily life in which
of the following tribes?
A drying meat
F
Jumano
B planting
G
Karankawa
C
H Commanche
curing hides
D tending to children
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J
Caddo
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19 The homes in the picture are called
which of the following?
A beehives
B pueblos
C
huts
D teepees
20 Which of the following explains how the
American Indians of Texas came to be
here?
F
They crossed the Bering Strait
from Asia and migrated southward
over many years.
G
They sailed from Asia around to
the Gulf of Mexico and landed in
Texas.
H They went from Alaska to Asia
and then to Texas.
J
They came from Mexico
northward.
21 An American Indian group that lived in
an area that met its needs for food,
shelter and clothing was usually
. An American
Indian group that lived in a place that
did not always meet its need for food,
shelter or clothing was usually
.
A
B Sedentary…nomadic
C
Warlike…peaceful
D Peaceful…warlike
22 If you wanted to see the number of
Native Americans in each part of
Texas, which type of map should you
study?
F
Political
G
Economic
H Population
J
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Nomadic….sedantary
Physical
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Government Structure of the Caddo and Comanche
Caddo
Leader
Chief
Advisors
Small group to help with
decisions
Connection with other parts
of the government
Comanche
?
??
Council to help with decisions
No larger official organization
23 Choose the term that completes the
matrix where the ? is found:
A elder
B warrior
C
chief
D hunter
24
Choose the term that completes the
matrix where you find ??:
F
council
G
confederation
H nomad
J
trader
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25
Write two specific details that support the following main idea:
Native Americans who lived in Texas can be grouped by geographic regions.
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ON YOUR ANSWER DOCUMENT
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