Indian Language Groups

Christopher Columbus called the people he found in the lands he explored “Indians” because

• he thought he was in North America.

• he thought they looked like people he had seen before.

• he thought he was in the Indies, near China.

• he thought he was in Australia.

Artifacts such as arrowheads, pottery, and other tools that have been found tell

• nothing about how people once lived.

• very little about the tools people of the past used.

• a lot about how people who lived long ago felt.

• a lot about people who lived long ago.

Examples of artifacts from the American Indians are

• arrowheads, paper, and metal swords.

• pottery, tools, and metal bowls

• arrowheads, pottery, and tools

• tools and books

Algonquian languages were spoken primarily in the

• Piedmont region.

• Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region.

• Southwest Virginia.

• Southern Virginia.

Siouan languages were spoken primarily in

• the Piedmont region.

• the Valley and Ridge region.

• Southwest Virginia.

• Coastal Plain region.

Iroquoian languages were spoken in

• Southwestern Virginia and in Southern Virginia.

• the Piedmont region.

• Southwestern Virginia only.

• the Coastal Plain region.

Squeaks Like A Mouse lives in the Piedmont region. What tribe does he belong to?

• Algonquian tribe

• Monacan tribe

• Cherokee tribe

• Siouan tribe

Crying Coyote wants to travel to the Coastal Plain region to trade his raccoon fur for sea shells to make jewelry. What tribe would he trade with?

• Cherokee tribe

• Powhatan tribe

• Monacan tribe

• Iroquoian tribe

Dances with Turkeys lives in Southwestern Virginia and wants to visit his cousin in Southern Virginia. What tribe do the cousins belong to?

• Powhatan tribe

• Siouan tribe

• Cherokee tribe

• Nansemond tribe

There are ________ major Indian language groups in Virginia.

• 2

• 5

• 3

• 6