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VA Tribes and Languages

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the summer, Indigenous people grew _______________.

a)
Beans, Cotton, Squash
b)
Corn, Indigo, Pumpkins
c)
Beans, Squash, Corn
2.

__________ was a large Indigenous town on the York River. It was once the headquarters of the Powhatan tribe

a)

Werowocomoco

b)
Wyoming
c)
Williamsburg
3.

Choose 3 examples of artifacts that Indigenous people have left behind.

a)

Mummies

b)

Arrowheads

c)

jewels

d)

Tools

e)

pottery

4.

The Cherokee in Southwestern and Southern Virginia spoke

a)

Iroquoian

b)

Spanish

c)

Siouan

d)

Powhatan

5.

In which season did Indigenous people harvest crops?

a)

spring

b)
summer
c)
winter
d)

fall

6.

Indigenous people used ______ for clothing.

a)

cotton

b)

leaves

c)

deer skin

d)

denim

7.

Virginia's climate is .......

a)

harsh (very hot or very cold)

b)

the same year round

c)

mild with 4 different seasons

8.

Where did the Monocan tribe live?

a)

West Virginia

b)

Coastal Plain Region

c)

Kentucky

d)

Piedmont Region

9.

Indigenous people wore clothing and ate food based on the ___________________.

a)

amount of rain

b)

day of the week

c)

seasons

10.

The Algonquian language was spoken in which region?

a)

Valley and Ridge

b)

Jamestown

c)

Tidewater/Coastal Plain

d)

Piedmont

11.

What did the Indigenous people do during the winter?

a)

they hunted

b)

they harvested crops

c)

they planted crops

d)

they built homes

12.

The Powhatan Tribe is located in what region?

a)

Blue Ridge

b)

Tidewater/Coastal Plain

c)

Chesapeake Bay

d)

Valley and Ridge

13.

The Piedmont region was home to which Tribe?

a)

Peruvian

b)

Monocan

c)

Powhatan

d)

Cherokee

14.

The Cherokee Tribe was located in what region of Virginia?

a)

Piedmont

b)

Jamestown

c)

Valley and Ridge

d)

Appalachian Plateau

15.

In the Piedmont region _____________ was spoken

a)

Iroquoian

b)

Spanish

c)

Siouan

d)

Algonquian

16.

In the Tidewater/Coastal Plain region, _______ was spoken

a)

Algonquian

b)

French

c)

Siouan

d)

Spanish

17.

In the Appalachian Plateau region, ________ was spoken.

a)

Algonquian

b)

Italian

c)

Siouan

d)

Iroquoian

18.

In the Spring, Indigenous people

a)

harvested crops

b)

grew crops such as beans and squash

c)

preserved food for cold weather

d)

hunted fished and picked berries