Virginia Geography and Native Americans (VS.2)

Which is a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides?

• Plateau
• Peninsula
• Prairie
• Island

What large bodies of water border Virginia?

• Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
• Chesapeake Bay and Shenandoah River
• Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay
• Chesapeake Bay and Indian Ocean

Who were the first people to live in Virginia?

• English
• Africans
• French
• American Indians

Which group lived in southwest Virginia and primarily spoke the Iroquoian language?

• Powhatan
• Monacan
• Cherokee
• Mattaponi

Which group lived in southwest Virginia and primarily spoke the Iroquoian language?

• Powhatan
• Monacan
• Cherokee
• Mattaponi

In which region was the Siouan language primarily spoken?

• Piedmont
• Valley and Ridge
• Coastal Plain
• Appalachian Plateau

Arrowheads, pottery, and tools are examples of __________ that prove American Indians lived in all areas of Virginia.

• Artifacts
• Journals
• Possessions
• Documents

The first permanent English settlement in North America was

• Werowocomoco
• Yorktown
• Richmond
• Jamestown

What was the name of a large Indian town used by Indian leaders several hundred years before the English settlers came?

• Werowocomoco
• Yorktown
• Jamestown
• Monacan Nation

Who was the person who granted the charters to the Virginia Company of London? 

• The King of France
• The King of England
• The Queen of Spain
• The King of Spain