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VS.2d Indian Language Groups

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the first people who lived in Virginia?

a)

American Indians

b)

English

c)

Africans

d)

Spanish

2.

American Indians lived in (a)   of the state.

3.

How many language groups are there in Virginia?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

5

d)

3

4.

Who called the people he found in the lands he explored "Indians" because he thought he was in the Indies (near China.)

a)

Christopher Newport

b)

James Madison

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

George Washington

5.

(a)   such as arrowheads, pottery, and other tools that have been found and tell a lot about the people who lived in Virginia.

6.

What language is spoken primarily in the Tidewater Region?

a)

Siouan

b)

Algonquian

c)

Iroquoian

7.

The Powhatan Tribe is located in the (a)   region.

8.

What language is spoken primarily in the Piedmont region.

a)

Siouan

b)

Algonquian

c)

Iroquoian

9.

What tribe is located in the Piedmont region?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Powhatan

c)

Monacan

10.

What language is spoken in Southwestern Virginia and in Southern Virginia near what is today North Carolina.

a)

Siouan

b)

Iroquoian

c)

Algonquian

11.

What area of Virginia is the Cherokee tribe located?

a)

Piedmont

b)

Tidewater

c)

Southwestern and Southern Virginia

12.

What is something found in nature that people can use.

a)

natural resource

b)

human resource

c)

capital resource