Virginia Native Americans

What is the name of the large Indian town used for hundreds of years before the arrival of the settlers? 

• Werewocomoco
• Roanoake
• Wyoming
• Williamsburg

Which of the following crops were essential to Native American agriculture?

• Beans, Cotton, Squash
• Corn, Indigo, Pumpkins
• Beans, Squash, Corn
• Rice, Corn, Squash

Which of these seasons did the Native Americans harvest their crops?

• Fall

• Spring

• Summer

• Winter

Where did American Indians live prior to the arrival of the European settlers?

• Throughout Virginia
• Coastal Plain/Tidewater
• Inland
• Valley and Ridge

• pets for the village

• ride on for long distances

• fur for warm clothing

• antlers to decorate with

The foods eaten by the native peoples

changed with the seasons. In winter, they —

• hunted, fished, and picked berries

• grew crops such as corn, beans, squash

• harvested crops and hunted foods to preserve

• hunted birds and animals and lived off previously stored foods

How did Virginia's American Indians

interact with their environment to meet

their food needs in the spring?

• harvested crops

• fished and picked berries

• grew crops

• lived on stored food

Why did Christopher Columbus call the Native Americans "Indians"?

• He thought he was in the Indies near China.

• He thought he was in the state of Indiana.

• He thought he was in the Indian Ocean.

• He thought he was in the country of India.

Choose 3 examples of artifacts that the Virginia Indians have left behind.

• Mummies

• Arrowheads

• Pottery

• Tools

• Pyramids

What are the three language groups to which Virginia's Indians belong?

• artifacts, archaeologists, and the Indies

• arrowheads, tools, and pottery

• Algonquian, Siouan, and Iroquoian

• PIedmont, Blue Ridge, and Tidewater