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VS2d Virginia Indians language groups retake

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the three major American Indian language groups found in Virginia?

a)

Iroquoian, Siouan, Algonquian

b)

Spanish, Algonquian, Iroquoian

c)

French, Spanish, and English

d)

Iroquoian and Algonquian

2.

Which American Indian language group lived in the Piedmont?

a)

Monacan

b)

Cherokee

c)

Powhatan

3.

Which American Indian group lived in the Tidewater region?

a)

Powhatan

b)

Cherokee

c)

Monacan

4.

A tribe that lived in southwestern Virginia and spoke the Iroquoian language was the _____________________________

a)

Powhatan

b)

Cherokee

c)

Monacan

d)

Mattaponi

5.

The Cherokee Indians speak

a)

Iroquoian

b)

Siouan

c)

Algonquian

d)

English

6.

The Monacan Indians speak

a)

Algonquian

b)

Siouan

c)

Iroquoian

d)

Spanish

7.

Which section on the map shows where Siouan language groups lived?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

1

d)

4

8.

Which sections of the map shows where the Iroquoian language groups lived?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

9.

Which section of the map shows where Algonquian language groups lived?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

5

d)

3

10.

Why did Christopher Columbus call the people he found in the lands he explored "Indians"?

a)

The native peoples called themselves "Indians".

b)

He thoughts he was in the Indies.

c)

He made up the name "Indians".

d)

He thought he had found America.

11.

Who were the first people to live in Virginia?

a)

Spanish

b)

French

c)

English

d)

Native Americans

12.

Virginia had _______ major American Indian language groups.

a)

2

b)

4

c)

3

d)

6

13.

Algonquian languages were spoken primarily in the

a)

Piedmont region.

b)

Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region.

c)

Southwest Virginia.

d)

Southern Virginia.

14.

Siouan languages were spoken primarily in

a)

the Piedmont region.

b)

the Valley and Ridge region.

c)

Southwest Virginia.

d)

Coastal Plain region.

15.

Iroquoian languages were spoken in

a)

Southwestern Virginia and in Southern Virginia.

b)

the Piedmont region.

c)

Southwestern Virginia only.

d)

the Coastal Plain region.