VA Studies Benchmark 1 Review

What is the name of the river that replaces the question mark?

• Powell
• Shenandoah
• Potomac
• New

Native peoples and settlers mainly used rivers for?

• travel and gathering food
• making goods
• finding gold
• hiking

Which numbered area on the map shows where Siouan languages were spoken?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Which main waterway created a natural harbor?

• Chesapeake Bay
• Atlantic Ocean
• Powhatan River
• Lake Drummond

Which effect did farming have on the lives of early people?

• Farming caused the climate to warm.
• Farming allowed early people to migrate.
• Farming caused large animals to become extinct
• Farming allowed early people to stay in one place longer.

What natural resource did American Indians who lived in Virginia use to build shelters?

• Stone
• Wood
• Clay
• Plants

The artifact shows that American Indians--

• hunted
• cooked
• built shelters
• planted crops

What languages were spoken in the Tidewater region?

• Siouan
• Monacan
• Iroquoian
• Algonquian

Christopher Columbus called native peoples Indians because--

• he thought he was in the Indies
• the native peoples were hunters
• he thought he was in India
• the native peoples greeted him

Archaeologists study--

• new buildings
• people who live today
• the planets and stars
• people who lived long ago