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Indians Test Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Virginia's Indians use for clothes?

a)

Tree bark

b)

Leaves and vines

c)

Animal Skins

d)

Cotton

2.

What language was primarily spoken by the Cherokee in Southeastern and Southern Virginia?

a)

Iroquian

b)

Siouan

c)

Algonquian

d)

Powhatan

3.

Christopher Columbus called the people he found in the lands he explored “Indians” because–

a)

he thought he was in Africa

b)

that was their native name

c)

all foreigners were called “Indians” at that time

d)

he thought he was in the Indies

4.

For American Indians, the kinds of food they ate, clothing they wore, and shelter they had depended on the—

a)

Ocean Tides

b)

Fall Line

c)

seasons

d)

phases of the moon

5.

Virginia's American Indians are referred to as–

a)

Forest Indians

b)

Peublo Indians

c)

Tree Indians

d)

Eastern Woodland Indians

6.

Which of the following best describes the climate of Virginia?

a)

Mild with four distinct seasons

b)

Harsh with four distinct seasons

c)

Moderate with three distinct seasons

d)

Mild with two distinct seasons

7.

During the winter months, many of Virginia's American Indians–

a)

planted crops

b)

hunted birds and animals

c)

harvested their crops

d)

buried artifacts

8.

Virginia’s Indian shelters were made from—

a)

materials traded from Europe

b)

large caves in the side of mountains

c)

animal hides strapped together to make teepees

d)

natural resources gathered from the land

9.

Which of the following best describes the climate of Virginia?

a)

Mild with four distinct seasons

b)

Harsh with four distinct seasons

c)

Moderate with three distinct seasons

d)

Mild with two distinct seasons

10.

What was Werowocomoco?

a)

A large Indian town used by Indian leaders for hundreds of years before English settlers came

b)

The name of the Indian tribe that welcomed Columbus when he first landed in North America

c)

Chief of the Monacan tribe of American Indians that signed a treaty with the English settlers

d)

A modern-day American Indian settlement in Virginia

11.

What language was primarily spoken In the Piedmont region?

a)

Siouan

b)

Powhatan

c)

Algonquian

d)

Iroquoian

12.

In what season did Virginia’s American Indians harvest crops?

a)

Winter

b)

Spring

c)

Summer

d)

Fall

13.

Where are current state-recognized American Indian tribes located?

a)

Only in the Piedmont region

b)

In regions throughout Virginia

c)

Only in the Tidewater region

d)

Around Werowocomoco

14.

what did American Indians use for clothing?

a)

Alligator hides

b)

Fish scales

c)

Animal Skins

d)

Tree Bark

15.

This language was spoken mostly in the Tidewater region. The Powhatan were part of this region.

a)

Algonquian

b)

Siouan

c)

Iroquoian

d)

Powhatan

16.

This language was spoken primarily in the Piedmont region. The Monacan were part of this group.

a)

Siouan

b)

Algonquian

c)

Iroquoian

d)

Powhatan

17.

This language was spoken in Southwestern Virginia and in Southern Virginia near what is today North Carolina. The Cherokee were a part of this group

a)

Sioan

b)

Powhatan

c)

Iroquoian

d)

Algonquian

18.

What did Indians do in the winter?

a)

hunted for food to preserve and keep

b)

Planted their crops

c)

Hunted birds and other animals and lived on stored foods from the previous season

d)

grew crops

19.

What did Indians do in the Spring?

a)

Hunted, fished, picked berries

b)

hunter for food to preserve and keep

c)

grew crops such as beans, corn and squash

d)

Hunted birds and animals and lived on stored foods from previous seasons

20.

What did the Indians do in the summer?

a)

Grew crops such as beans, corn, squash

b)

Hunted, fished, and picked berries

c)

Hunted birds and other animals and lived on stored foods from the previous season

d)

Hunted for foods to preserve and keep

21.

What did Indians do in the fall?

a)

Grew crops such as beans, corn, squash

b)

Hunted, fished, picked berries

c)

Hunted for food to preserve and keep

d)

Did nothing

22.

arrowheads, pottery, and other tools that tell a lot about the people who lived in Virginia are called

a)

artifacts

b)

Archeologists

c)

history

d)

tools