Level 02 VA Studies

Who were the first people to live in Virginia?

• European Explorers

• American Indians

• Spanish Sailors

• Royal Kings

American Indians lived in ________ areas of Virginia.

• some

• most

• none

• all

Christopher Columbus called the people he found in the lands he explored “Indians” because he thought he was in the ________ (near China).

• Indies

• North America

• Bahamas

• Africa

What evidence is there that American Indians lived in all areas of the state?

• cultural landscapes

• journals

• cave paintings

• artifacts

Name two artifacts found in Virginia.

• bones and spears

• arrowheads and pottery

• pottery and guns

• tools and bones

Name the three major language groups found in Virginia.

• Iroquoian, Siouan, and Chesapeake

• Algonquian, Powhatan, and Siouan

• Cherokee, Monacan, and Powhatan

• Algonquian, Siouan, and Iroquoian

The ________ were part of the Algonquian language group.

• Cherokee

• Monacan

• Powhatan

• Lakota

What was spoken in Southwestern Virginia and in Southern Virginia near what is today North Carolina?

• Iroquoian languages

• Cheyenne languages

• Algonquian languages

• Siouan languages

Which languages were spoken primarily in the Piedmont region?

• Iroquoian languages

• Siouan languages

• Algonquian languages

• Cherokee languages

Which languages were spoken primarily in the Tidewater region?

• Siouan languages

• Algonquian languages

• Powhatan languages

• Iroquoian languages