Virginia's American Indians

Which American Indians were mostly located in the Piedmont region?

• Algonquian
• Iroquoian
• Siouan

What were the 3 major language groups of Virginia?

• Cherokee, Monacan, Powhatan
• Algonquian, Siouan, Iroquoian

The Powhatan were part of which region?

• Piedmont
• Southwest Virginia
• Coastal Plain

What language did the Cherokee speak?

• Iroquoian
• Siouan
• Algonquian

Which item is least likely to be an Indian artifact?

• journal
• pottery
• stone tool
• arrowhead

Virginia's Indians used ______ for clothing.

• cotton
• leaves
• animal skins
• denim

Which type of environment covered most of the land in colonial Virginia?

• mountains
• plains
• forests
• deserts

People who study all kinds of material evidence left by people from the past are _______.

• historians
• scientists
• teachers
• archaeologists

Today, in which region of Virginia is the Monacan Tribe located?

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

Why did Christopher Columbus call the people he found Indians?

• He thought he was in Africa

• That was their native name.

• All foreigners were called Indians at that time.

• He thought he was in the Indies.