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VS.2f

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2hrs 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How does this illustration help explain why artifacts such as arrowheads and shells were found at Werowocomoco?

a)

Explains the process for growing crops in the village.

b)

Explains how the Powhatan interacted with the English.

c)

Explains the daily activities of the Powhatan.

d)

Explains how the Powhatan interacted with the Spanish.

2.

Which artifact is an example of weaponry?

a)

arrowheads

b)

pottery

c)

stone tools

d)

beads

3.

What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America?

a)

Werowocomoco

b)

Jamestown

c)

Yorktown

d)

None of these

4.

What is the main purpose of archaeology?

a)

To understand how past humans related to their environment

b)

To understand how animals that are extinct lived long ago

c)

To understand why animals become extinct

d)

To understand how humans will adapt to their environment in the future

5.

Recovered artifacts from the Jamestown settlement are important to Virginia's early history because-

a)

they are maps to undiscovered lands.

b)

they give clues as to how to improve ships that are built today.

c)

they provide information to farmers on how to grow their crops.

d)

they provide clues about how the English, Africans, and Indians interacted.

6.

What was the name of the large Indian town used by the Powhatan until 1607?

a)

Werowocomoco

b)

Jamestown

c)

Roanoke

d)

Monacan

7.

How do archaeologists help people understand the past?

a)

They study material evidence left behind by people of the past.

b)

They talk to people who lived through the time period being studied.

c)

They research information in dictionaries and encyclopedias.

d)

They paint pictures of what they think the area might have looked like.

8.

Archaeologists have uncovered artifacts that give them clues about the early interactions of which groups of people in early Jamestown?

a)

English

b)

Africans

c)

Spanish

d)

American Indians

e)

Chinese

9.

On which river was Werowocomoco located?

a)

Potomac River

b)

Rappahannock River

c)

York River

d)

James River

10.

Archaeologists have discovered the site of the original Jamestown fort.

a)

True

b)

False