Virginia's First Indians and artifacts

Where was Christopher Columbus originally headed when he set sail from Europe?

• the indies

• China

• Africa

• Indiana

Christopher Columbus called the people he found in the lands he discovered "Indians" because-

• he thought he was in Africa

• they told him to call them that

• all foreigners were called "Indians" at that time

• he thought he was in the Indies

Which of the following is an artifact?

• the three sisters

• arrow head

• Powhatan nation

• vegetation

Who were the first people to live in Virginia?

• Christopher Columbus and his group of explorers

• Jamestown settlers

• American Indians

• the Pilgrims

What was Werowocomoco?

• a large Indian town used by Indian leaders for hundreds of years

• the name of the Indian tribe that welcomed Columbus when he first landed in North America

• Chief of the Monacan tribe of American Indians that signed a treaty with the English settlers

• a modern day American Indian settlement in Virginia

This was the Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan Confederacy of tribes in Eastern Virginia.

• Christopher Columbus

• Chief Powhatan

• Chief Captain John Smith

• Leif Erikson

Which of hte following is an example of an artifact?

• the "three sisters"

• arrow head

• Powhatan Nation

• vegetation

Arrowheads, spears, and tools left behind by the American Indians are examples of ...

• traditions

• fossils

• three sisters

• artifacts

This is the study of the material items that past peoples have left behind.

• archaeology

• artifacts

• arrowheads

• Powhatan

This was a large Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before the English settlers came. It was the headquarters of the leader, Powhatan.

• Jamestown

• Bahamas

• Spain

• Werowocomoco