Virginia Indians Assessment

4.2.1 This artifact helps archaeologists understand-

• life of the first people who lived in Virginia

• life of the first permanent European settlers in America

• Christopher Columbus's exploration of the Americas

• the hardships faced by settlers at Jamestown

4.2.1 Which of the following statements are true about the first people who lived in America? (Choose all that apply)

• The first people who lived in America were from England.

• Christopher Columbus named those who lived in America "Indians"

  because he thought he landed in the Indies (near China).

• The first people who lived in America moved their in 1607.

• American Indians were the first people who lived in America.

4.2.1 Which of the following are considered "artifacts"?

(Choose all that apply)

• arrowheads

• pottery

• coal

• tools

4.2.2 Which language group is located in southwest Virginia?

• Siouan

• Iroquoian

• Algonquian

4.2.2 Which language group is located in the Coastal Plains region of Virginia?

• Siouan

• Algonquian

• Iroquoian

4.2.2 Which language group is located in the Piedmont region of Virginia?

• Algonquian

• Iroquoian

• Siouan

4.2.2 Which Native American tribe is located in the Piedmont region?

• Powhatan

• Monocan

• Cherokee

4.2.2 Which Native American tribe is located in the Coastal Plains region?

• Powhatan

• Monocan

• Cherokee

4.2.2 Which Native American tribe is located in southwest Virginia?

• Monocan

• Cherokee

• Powhatan

4.2.3 Many Virginia Indian shelters were made from-

• large rocks and materials traded from

  Europe

• natural resources gathered from the

  land

• metal and other precious metals

• the Virginia Indians did not have shelters