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Native Americans of Virginia

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of the large Indian town used for hundreds of years before the arrival of the settlers? 
a)
Werewocomoco
b)
Roanoake
c)
Wyoming
d)
Williamsburg
2.
Where did American Indians live prior to the arrival of the European settlers?
a)
Throughout Virginia
b)
Coastal Plain/Tidewater
c)
Inland
d)
Valley and Ridge
3.
Which American Indian language group lived in the Piedmont?
a)
Monacan
b)
Cherokee
c)
Powhatan
4.
Which American Indian group lived in the Tidewater region?
a)
Powhatan
b)
Cherokee
c)
Monacan
5.
Which American Indian group lived in the Appalachian Plateau?
a)
Monacan
b)
Cherokee
c)
Powhatan
6.
A tribe that lived in southwestern Virginia and spoke the Iroquoian language was the _____________________________
a)
Powhatan
b)
Cherokee
c)
Monacan
d)
Mattaponi
7.

Which is an example of an artifact?

a)

tools

b)

pottery

c)

arrowheads

d)

All of these are artifacts

8.

Who was the leader of the Algonquian tribe, the Powhatans?

a)

Sitting Bull

b)

Crazy Horse

c)

Powhatan

d)

Columbus

9.

Which of these was NOT native American language group in Virginia?

a)

Siouan

b)

Algonquian

c)

Colombian

d)

Iroquoian

10.

Which of these seasons did the Native Americans harvest their crops?

a)

Fall

b)

Spring

c)

Summer

d)

Winter

11.
What is an archaeologist?
a)
Someone that studies money.
b)
Someone that studies materials from people of the past.
c)
Someone that designs houses. 
d)
Someone that cooks amazing food.
12.
The Powhatan Indians speak
a)
Siouan
b)
Spanish
c)
Algonquian
d)
Iroquoian
13.
The Cherokee Indians live in 
a)
the Piedmont
b)
the Appalachian Plataeu and Southern VA 
c)
the Coastal Plain
d)
West Virginia
14.
The Monacan Indians speak
a)
Algonquian
b)
Siouan
c)
Iroquoian
d)
Spanish
15.
Artifacts are 
a)
from the environment
b)
made by humans
16.
When did Native Americans in VA hunt, fish, and pick berries?
a)
Spring
b)
Fall
c)
Summer
d)
Winter
17.
The Monacan Indians live in
a)
the Piedmont
b)
the Valley and Ridge
c)
the Appalachian Plateau
d)
the Coastal Plain
18.
The Cherokee Indians speak
a)
Iroquoian
b)
Siouan
c)
Algonquian
d)
English
19.
What is Virginia's climate?
a)
hot
b)
dry
c)
mild
d)
cold
20.
When did Native Americans in VA hunt birds and survive off preserved foods?
a)
Fall 
b)
Summer
c)
Spring
d)
Winter
21.
Which of the following is NOT an Indian artifact?
a)
pottery
b)
arrowhead
c)
squash
d)
stone tools
22.
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
a)
Jamestown
b)
Richmond
c)
Roanoke Colony
d)
Plymouth Rock
23.
When did Native Americans in VA grow crops?
a)
Spring
b)
Summer
c)
Winter
d)
Fall
24.
Native American made their shelter from
a)
bricks.
b)
materials around them.
c)
siding. 
d)
legos.
25.
This is an example of 
a)
an artifact
b)
a rock
c)
an English invention
d)
plastic
26.

Why were Native Americans called Indians?

a)

Christopher Columbus called the people he found in the lands he discovered Indians because he thought he was in the Indies, near China.

b)

Christopher Columbus called asked the people he found in the lands what their name was and they told him Indians

27.

What covers most of the land of Virginia?

a)

Water

b)

Sand

c)

Forest

28.

Virginia’s Indians were part of which bigger group?

a)

Eastern Woodland Indians

b)

Vriginia Indians

c)

Tidewater Indians

29.

Where was Algonquian spoken?

a)

Southwestern Virginia

b)

Piedmont Region

c)

Tidewater Region

30.

Where was Siouan spoken?

a)

Piedmont region

b)

southwestern Virginia

c)

Tidewater region

31.

Which tribes spoke Iroquoian?

a)

Powhatan

b)

Monacan

c)

Cherokee

32.

Where do Indians live now?

a)

Indians no longer exist

b)

There are Indians who can trace their families back before 1607 living all over Virginia

33.

What kind of climate does Virginia have?

a)

Mild, with four distinct seasons – spring, summer, fall, and winter

b)

Harsh, with hot summers and very cold winters only

34.

Indians changed their way of life depending of the seasons. What did Indians do in spring?

a)

Picked berries and fished

b)

Planted and grew corn, beans, and squash

c)

Harvested crops they had grown in the summer

d)

Hunted wild birds and animals

35.

Indians changed their way of life depending of the seasons. What did Indians do in winter?

a)

Picked berries and fished

b)

Planted and grew corn, beans, and squash

c)

Harvested crops they had grown in the summer

d)

Hunted wild birds and animals

36.

Where was Chief Powhatan’s headquarters?

a)

Werowocomoco

b)

Jamestown

c)

England

d)

Lexington

37.

A textbook describing the Jamestown Colony ...

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

38.

1709 advertisement

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

39.

Reproduction of the ship, Susan Constant

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

40.

If the American Indians from the Powhatan tribe wanted to visit the Cherokee Indians, in which direction would they have traveled?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

41.

All Tide _____________

a)

power

b)

soap

c)

cleaner

42.

I cheer in southwest helps me remember ...

a)

VT football

b)

Iroquion was spoken by the Cherokee in the Appalachian Plateau

c)

New Mexico is awesome

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