VS2d-g Quiz

The climate of Virginia is relatively...

• hot
• mild
• dry
• cold

What language was spoken by natives in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region?

• Iroquoian
• Souian
• Algonquian
• French

Christopher Columbus called the native peoples "Indians" because

• they said they were indians
• the term "Indian" was given to all newly found people
• they spoke in an Indian dialect
• he thought he had arrived in the Indies

How do we know that American Indians lived all over the state?

• The Europeans said that the native peoples lived everywhere
• We were given books about where they lived
• We found artifacts showing where and how they lived.
• Native Americans tweeted about it on Twitter.

What was the major language group spoken in the Piedmont region?

• Iroquoian
• Indian
• Siouan
• Algonquian

The kinds of food, the clothing they wore, and the shelters they lived in, depended on what?

• Settlers
• rivers
• seasons
• tribes

Which of the following is not true?

• Virginia's Indians used animal skins for clothing
• Virginia's Indians used materials they could find for shelters
• Virginia's Indians harvested crops
• Virginia's Indians relied on the settlers for food.

Why do Virginian's enjoy a wide variety of vegetation?

• climate is mild
• covered in forests
• weather is rainy
• climate is hot

Which of the following Indian tribes matches with its language?

• Powhatan and Algonquian
• Cherokee and Algonquian
• Powhatan and Iroquoian
• Pueblo and Siouan

What did the Native Americans do for food in the winter?

• harvest crops
• fish and pick berries
• hunt birds and animals
• grow crops