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VS 2 D - Native American Language Groups

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Language did the Powhatan speak?

a)

Siouan

b)

Iroquoian

c)

Algonquian

2.

Where did the Cherokee live?

a)

Eastern Virginia

b)

Northern Virginia

c)

Southwest Virginia

3.

What tribe lived in the Piedmont region?

a)

Monacan

b)

Powhatan

c)

Cherokee

4.

The Coastal Plain region is home to what group?

a)

Powhatan

b)

Cherokee

c)

Monacan

5.

What Language did the Monacan speak?

a)

Siouan

b)

Iroquoian

c)

Algonquian

6.

What Language did the Cherokee speak?

a)

Siouan

b)

Iroquoian

c)

Algonquian

7.

What language group would you find represented in area 1?

a)

Iroquoian

b)

Algonquian

c)

Siouan

8.

What language group would you find represented in area 4?

a)

Iroquoian

b)

Algonquian

c)

Siouan

9.

What language group would you find represented in area 2?

a)

Iroquoian

b)

Algonquian

c)

Siouan

10.

What language group would you find represented in area 3?

a)

Iroquoian

b)

Algonquian

c)

Siouan

11.

What language group would you find represented in area 3?

a)

Iroquoian

b)

Algonquian

c)

Siouan

12.

How did the Indians get their name?

a)

Christopher Columbus thought he had landed in India.

b)

Christopher Columbus thought he had sailed in the Indian Ocean

c)

Christopher Columbus thought he had landed in the Indies.

13.

The Native American tribes located in Virginia were also called the _____.

a)

Eastern Woodland Indians

b)

Western Woodland Indians

c)

Southern Woodland Indians

d)

Northern Woodland Indians

14.

The Native Americans who lived in this area made their homes using:

a)

clay and tree saplings

b)

grasses and bricks

c)

tree saplings and grasses

15.

What jobs did the Native American men have?

a)

hunting, cooking and fishing

b)

hunting, fishing and protecting families

c)

fishing, planting crops and making clothing

16.

What jobs did the Native American women have?

a)

cooking, planting crops and making clothing

b)

hunting, fishing and protecting families

c)

fishing hunting and making clothing