VA Native Peoples Review

Front

Which region is shaded in red? Options: Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Appalachian Plateau, Valley and Ridge

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Piedmont

Front

Which Indian group lived in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region?

Back

Algonquian

Front

Which language group did the Monacan belong to?

Back

Siouan

Front

What are the three major language groups of the native peoples of Virginia? Options: Cherokee, Monacan, Powhatan, Siouan, Monacan, Cherokee, Algonquian, Siouan, Iroquoian, Alonquian, Coastal Plain, Tidewater

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Algonquian, Siouan, Iroquoian

Front

The artifacts discovered at Jamestown gave us clues about the interactions between ___________ in early Virginia.

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Indians, English, and Africans

Front

True or False: The Werowocomoco was the name of the Indian town used by Indian leaders before the English settlers came to Virginia.

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True

Front

Christopher Columbus called the people he found "Indians" because -

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He thought he was in the Indies

Front

The American Indian people have lived in Virginia ______.

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For thousands of years

Front

Which language group did the Cherokee belong to?

Back

Iroquoian

Front

On which body of water were the headquarters of Powhatan in 1607 located on? Options: York River, Chesapeake Bay, James River, Potomac River

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York River