Virginia Native Americans

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What is the name of the large Indian town used for hundreds of years before the arrival of the settlers?

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Werewocomoco

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Which of the following crops were essential to Native American agriculture? Beans, Cotton, Squash, Corn, Indigo, Pumpkins, Beans, Squash, Corn, Rice, Corn, Squash

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Beans, Squash, Corn

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Which of these seasons did the Native Americans harvest their crops? Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter

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Fall

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Where did American Indians live prior to the arrival of the European settlers?

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Throughout Virginia

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for warm clothing

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The foods eaten by the native peoples changed with the seasons. In winter, they —

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hunted birds and animals and lived off previously stored foods

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How did Virginia's American Indians interact with their environment to meet their food needs in the spring?

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fished and picked berries

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Why did Christopher Columbus call the Native Americans "Indians"?

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He thought he was in the Indies near China.

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What are the three language groups to which Virginia's Indians belong?

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Algonquian, Siouan, and Iroquoian

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Which person in history was responsible for naming Native American tribes "Indians" because he believed his ship landed in the Indies near China?

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Christopher Columbus