Directions:  Use resources including books and the links on the right side of this page to answer the following questions about the Karankawa Tribe.

1.  In which part of the coastal plain region did they live?

     They live along the coastal bend of Texas.

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2.  What types of landforms, climate and natural resources are located where they settled?

      There resource is water,there landforms are barrier islands,small creeks,lagoons, wetlands,shallow bays and swamps.There climate was hot and humid in the summer and warm and cool in the winter.

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3.  Were they gatherers, farmers or hunters?  What types of food did they eat?

      Thay were hunters.and they where belived to be canibals,thay ate plants,fruit,fish,orsters.

 4.  What type of shelter did they live in?  Did they use the natural resources around them to build their shelter? They lived in Wikiups,they are small,and they are made by hand...

http://www.texasindians.com/karankf.htm

5.  What system of government did the Native Texan group have?  How did they govern themselves?

  Some pats of theree tribe did have a chief, but some parts of there tribe did not.