Virginia's Indian Languages

What language was primarily spoken in Southwestern and Southern Virginia?

• Iroquoian

• Siouan

• Algonquian

• Powhatan

The Monacan were a part of which major American Indian language group in Virginia?

• Powhatan

• Siouan

• Iroquoian

• Algonquian

The Powhatan spoke which American Indian language?

• Algonquian

• Siouan

• Iroquoian

• Cherokee

What language was primarily spoken in the Piedmont region?

• Powhatan

• Siouan

• Algonquian

• Iroquoian

The Powhatan Indians lived in this region...

• Piedomont

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Valley and Ridge

• Coastal Plain

These people spoke the Iroquoian language....

• Powhatan

• Siouan

• Cherokee

• Werowocomoco

The Algonquian Language was spoken primarily in this region...

• Valley and Ridge

• Piedomont

• Coastal Plain or Tidewater

• Appalachian Plateau

The Siouan Language was spoken primarily in this region...

• Piedmont

• Appalachian Plateau and southern Virginia

• Coastal Plain or Tidewater

• Blue Ridge Mountains

The Iroquoian Language was spoken primarily in this region...

• Piedmont

• Appalachian Plateau and southern Virginia near North Carolina

• Coastal Plain

• Blue Ridge Mountains

The family of languages spoken by most Indians of the Coastal Plain, including the Powhatan tribes, Patowmack, and Chickahominy.

• Algonquian

• Siouan

• Cherokee

• Iroquoian