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WorksheetsSocial Studies: Virginia Native Americans Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 13mins
A tribe that lived in southwestern Virginia and southern Virginia and spoke the Iroquoian language was the _____________________________
Powhatan
Cherokee
Monacan
Mattaponi
Christopher Columbus called the people he encountered "Indians" because -
he thought he was in North America
he thought he was in Africa
he thought he was in the Indies
he thought he was in Jamestown
Who were the first group of people to live in Virginia?
Scots-Irish
American Indians
African Americans
English
Virginia’s American Indians 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 American Indians 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
pets for the village
ride on for long distances
fur for warm clothing
antlers to decorate with
The foods eaten by the native 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 American Indians
interact with their environment to meet
their food needs in the spring?
harvested crops
fished and picked berries
grew crops
lived on stored food
These artifacts were most likely used by Virginia's American Indians-
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.
