| A | B |
|---|
| adobe | building material made of sun-dried bricks |
| atlatl | notched throwing stick used to hurl a spear |
| artifact | object made or altered by humans |
| matrilineal | describes a group that traces ancestry through the female line |
| Cahokia | the center of the Caddo trade network |
| shaman | people believed to summon spirits and cure the sick |
| trotline | long fishing line with several baited hooks |
| teepee | dwelling made of tanned hides and poles that can be moved easily |
| Jumanos | men had striped facial tattoos |
| Jumanos | women wore long braids |
| Jumanos | men wore short hair except for one long braid with a feather in it |
| farming | led to a more stable food supply |
| farming | led to more complex societies |
| culture | the way groups of people express and conduct themselves |
| confederacy | groups that agree to join together |
| nomads | people who hunt and forage instead of staying in one place |
| anthropologiests | scientists who study other cultures |
| archeologists | scientists who study evidence of past human existence |
| advantage of hunters over animals | used weapons |
| advantage of hunters over animals | could plan and coordinate |
| adobe houses | used in dry climate |
| Comanche life | hunters on the Plains |
| Comanche life | made war on other tribes to gain status in tribe |
| cotoyl | coyote |
| Caddo | East Texas |
| Karankawas | Gulf coast |
| Coahuiltecans | south Texas Plain |
| Tonkawas | present day Austin |
| Apaches | Central Plains |
| Jumanos | trading routes across Texas |
| Caddo | vast trading network |
| Comanche | vast area called Comancheria |
| reservation | land set aside by the government for tribes to live on and self-govern |
