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?

The Karankawa lived in the "Coastal Bend".

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

They live in the "plains",it is hot and humid in the summer and warm too cool in the winter.

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

They were gathers and hunters, and they eat small animals.

4.  What type of shelter did they live in?  Did they use the natural resources around them to build their shelter? They lived in small huts made of long tree trunks. Yes they used natural resources around them.

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

They had one chief to tell them what to do.