VS.2 Native Americans Level 2

Who were the first people to live in Virginia?

• Colonists

• American Indians

• African Americans

• Germans

American Indians lived in _______ areas of Virginia.

• some

• all

• eastern

• western

Christopher Columbus called the people he found in the lands he explored "Indians" because he thought he was in the ________________ (near China).

• Indies

• Africa

• India

• America

What evidence is there that American Indians lived in all areas of the state?

• arrowheads

• artifacts

• pots

• weapons

Name three artifacts found in Virginia.

• arrowheads

• tools

• cell phone

• pottery

Name the three major language groups found in Virginia.

• Powhatan

• Siouan

• Algonquian

• Iroquoian

• Monacan

The _______________ were part of the Algonquian language group.

• Cherokee

• Powhatan

• Monacan

• Iroquoian

What was spoken in Southwestern Virginia and in Southern Virginia near what is today North Carolina?

• Iroquoian languages

• Cherokee languages

• Siouan languages

• Algonquian languages

Which languages were spoken primarily in the Piedmont region?

• Cherokee languages

• Siouan languages

• Algonquian languages

• Powhatan languages

Which languages were spoken primarily in the Tidewater region?

• Iroquoian languages

• Cherokee languages

• Monacan languages

• Algonquian languages