WorksheetsVirginia Native Peoples
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 30mins
Which tribe in the Piedmont region spoke the Siouan language?
Monacan Tribe
Powhatan Tribe
Cherokee Tribe
Nansemond Tribe
The American Indians who lived in the Southwestern part of Virginia most likely spoke what language?
Algonquin
Siouan
Iroquoian
Cherokee
The Algonquin language was spoken in the ___________________ region of Virginia.
Coastal Plain
Piedmont
Blue Ridge Mountains
Valley & Ridge
Appalachian Plateau
Christopher Columbus called the people he found "Indians" because -
He thought he was in North America
He thought he was in the Indies
He thought he was in Jamestown
He thought he was in Africa
What kinds of American Indian artifacts helped us learn about how they lived long ago?
Tools
Money
Pottery
Arrowheads
The kinds of food American Indians ate, the clothing they wore, and the shelters they had depended upon the (a) .
Fill in the blank: In winter they (a) birds and animals and lived on stored foods from the fall.
In summer, they grew crops. Which three crops did they grow?
Corn
Beans
Tomatoes
Squash
In the fall, Virginia Indians (a) crops and hunted for foods for the winter.
What was the name of the large Indian town used as the headquarters of the leader Powhatan in 1607?
Roanoke
Jamestown
Nansemond
Werowocomoco
