Introduction Virginia Indians Review

Introduction Virginia Indians Review

Multiple Choice

Why did Christopher Columbus call the people he found in the lands he explored "Indians"?

• The native peoples called themselves "Indians".

• He thoughts he was in the Indies.

• He thought he had found America.

Multiple Choice

Artifacts are

• from the environment

• made by humans

Multiple Choice

How do archaeologists help people understand the past?

• They study many types of material evidence left from people of the past.

• They research information in encyclopedias and dictionaries

• They paint pictures of what they think might have been in the area.

Multiple Choice

A large Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before the English settlement was —

• Werewocomocco

• Richmond

• Jamestown

• Yorktown

Multiple Choice

The first permanent English settlement in North America is known as —

• Werewocomocco

• Jamestown

• Richmond

• Yorktown