Native People: Lesson 3 MASTERY CHECK

Virginia has a ________________ climate with four distinct seasons.

• hot

• cold

• mild

• rainy

Forests cover most of the state and it is why Virginia’s Indians are sometimes referred to as ______________________________.

• Plains Indians

• Eastern Woodland Indians

• Desert Indians

• Mountain Indians

The types of food Virginia’s Native Peoples ate, the clothing they wore, and the shelters they built, depended on the ______________________________.

• weather

• natural resources

• animals

• rivers

They used the ______________________________ in the environment to make clothing and build shelters.

• sunlight

• soil

• water

• natural resources

• rocks

Animal skins (deerskin) were used for ____________________ and to keep homes warm in the winter.

• clothing

• decoration

• food

• tools

In ____________________________, they hunted birds and other animals and lived on stored foods from the previous fall.

• fall

• summer

• autumn

• winter

• spring

In ____________________________, they hunted, fished, and picked berries.

• spring

• summer

• fall

• winter

In ____________________________, they grew crops (beans, corn, squash).

• spring

• summer

• fall

• winter

In ____________________________, they harvested crops and hunted for foods to preserve and keep for winter.

• spring

• fall

• winter

• summer

• autumn