WorksheetsEarly American Indians & Exploration of N.Carolina
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is not a an early American Indian language group of North Carolina?
a)
Siouan
b)
Cherokee
c)
Algonquian
d)
Iroquoian
2.
The early American Indians of NC's coastal plains lived in houses called ______.
a)
Tidewater
b)
Wigwam
c)
Longhouses
d)
Council Houses
3.
Most of the American Indians who lived in the Piedmont of NC spoke this language.
a)
Siouan
b)
Saponi
c)
Iroquoian
d)
Algonquian
4.
The American Indians of NC's mountains lived in a house without ______ during the winter.
a)
fires
b)
walls
c)
windows
d)
clay
5.
During the winter in the Piedmont of NC, most American Indians gathered food by ________.
a)
hunting
b)
fishing
c)
farming
6.
Who was the first European to reach what is now N.Carolina?
a)
Columbus
b)
Verrazano
c)
De Soto
d)
John White
7.
A ______ is a journey to learn more about a land.
a)
Colony
b)
Ceremony
c)
Confederation
d)
Expedition
8.
Who led a group of colonists to Roanoke Island in 1587?
a)
Ralph Lane
b)
Sir Walter Raleigh
c)
John White
d)
Sir Francis Drake
9.
John White returned to England to gather more supplies for Roanoke. What kept him in England for 3 years?
a)
England's ships were in use while they were at war with Spain.
b)
He was asked to set up a new colony in the new world.
c)
He was imprisoned by Spanish pirates.
d)
He had a baby and needed to take care of it.
10.
When White returned to Roanoke in 1590, what did he find?
a)
That the colonists had built a successful colony.
b)
The colonists were in the middle of a war with the American Indians.
c)
The colonists were gone without much a trace.
d)
Colonists who had died washed up along the shore.
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