Virginia Indians Quiz VS.2 D-G

1. What is an artifact?

• An item used by Christopher Columbus to name the Native Americans.
• Tools, pottery, clothing, or other items found to tell about something that happened
• One of the language groups in Virginia.
• A type of American Indian house.

2. The ___________ tribe belonged to the Algonquian Language group?

• Cherokee
• Monacan
• Chickahominy
• Powhatan

3. The Monacan Indians were a member of which Virginia Native American Language Group?

• Siouan
• Algonquian
• Virginia Tribe
• Iroquoian

4. Who were the first people to live in Virginia?

• English
• Africans
• French Huguenots
• American Indians (Native Americans)

5. Why were the rivers important to the Natives and early settlers?

• The rivers gave them water.
• The people were able to travel on the rivers.
• The people use the rivers as travel back to England.
• They provided water, food, and were a source of transportation.

6. Which group lived primarily in southwest Virginia and primarily spoke the Iroquoian language?

• Powhatan
• Cherokee
• Monacan
• Mattaponi

7. What was the name of a large Indian town used by Indian leaders several hundred years before the English settlers came?

• Jamestown
• Yorktown
• Richmond
• Werowocomoco

8. In which season did the Powhatans hunt birds, hunt other animals, and live on stored food?

• spring
• summer
• fall
• winter

9. In which season did the Powhatans harvest crops and prepare food to be stored?

• spring
• summer
• fall
• winter

10. In which season did the Powhatans grow beans, squash and maze (corn)?

• spring
• summer
• fall
• winter