VS.2 Virginia Indigenous Peoples

Which Indigenous Peoples were mostly located in Tidewater?

• Powhatan

• Monacan

• Cherokee

• Appalachian

Virginia’s Indigenous Peoples left evidence of their presence in all regions of Virginia. What kind of evidence did they leave?

• canoes and paddles

• nuts and berries

• teepees and villages

• arrowheads and pottery

Which language was spoken by Virginia's Indigenous Peoples who lived near the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean?

• Cherokee

• Siouan

• Iroquoian

• Algonquian

Which tribe in the Piedmont region

spoke the Siouan language?

• Nottoway tribe

• Cherokee tribe

• Monocan tribe

• Powhatan tribe

How did Indigenous Peoples use this animal?

• pets for the village

• ride on for long distances

• fur for warm clothing

• antlers to decorate with

The foods eaten by the Indigenous Peoples

changed with the seasons. In winter, they —

• hunted, fished, and picked berries

• grew crops such as corn, beans, squash

• harvested crops and hunted foods to preserve

• hunted birds and animals and lived off previously stored foods

How did Virginia's Indigenous Peoples

interact with their environment to meet

their food needs in the spring?

• harvested crops

• fished and picked berries

• grew crops

• lived on stored food

• geologist

• archaeologist

• gardener

• builder

• environmentalist

These artifacts were most likely used by Virginia's Indigenous Peoples -

• for writing and sewing

• as medical remedies

• as tools and weapons

• for decoration

How do archaeologists help people

understand the past?

• They talk to the people who lived during

  the time period being studied.

• They paint pictures of what they think

  might have been in the area.

• They study many types of material

  evidence left from people of the past.

• They research information in

  encyclopedias and dictionaries.