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Indigenous Peoples of Virginia

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the first people to live in Virginia?

a)

Colonists

b)

Indigenous People

c)

George Washington

d)

Abraham Lincoln

2.

What is Archeology?

a)

the study of people and cultures of the past

b)

the study of plants

c)

the study of clouds

d)

the study of rocks

3.

What evidence is there that proves Indigenous People lived in all parts of Virginia?

(a)  

4.

What are some examples of Indigenous artifacts that have been found in Virginia?

a)

Arrowheads

b)

pottery

c)

tools

d)

Ice Cream cones

5.

What were the three major language groups in Virginia in the early 1600?

a)

Algonquian

b)

Siouan

c)

Iroquoian

d)

Spanish

6.

Where were Algonquian languages mainly spoken?

a)

the tidewater regions

b)

the piedmont region

c)

the coastal plain region

d)

southwestern and southern virginia

7.

What region was the Siouan language spoken?

a)

the tidewater region

b)

the piedmont region

c)

the coastal plain region

d)

southwestern and southern virginia

8.

Where did Indigenous People speak the Iroquoian language?

a)

the tidewater region

b)

the piedmont region

c)

the coastal plain region

d)

southwestern and southern Virginia

9.

Why did many Indigenous People live near rivers?

a)

farming

b)

fishing

c)

travel

d)

pottery

10.

How did the season affect the Indigenous People living long ago?

a)

their food changed with the season

b)

their language changes with the seasons

c)

their clothing changed with the season

d)

their shelter changed with the seasons

11.

The Indigenious People had a (a)   relationship with the land and the environment. They depended on it to meet their needs.

(strong/weak)

12.

Indigenous People picked berries, fished, and hunted in _____________.

a)

Spring

b)

Winter

c)

Summer

d)

Fall

13.

In what season did Indigenous People hunted birds and other small animals and lived off food stored from the Fall?

a)

Spring

b)

Winter

c)

Summer

d)

Fall

14.

When did Indigenous People grow and harvest crops like corn, beans, and squash?

a)

Summer and Fall

b)

Summer and Winter

c)

Spring and Fall

d)

Spring and Summer

15.

What natural resources did Indigenous People use to make their clothing?>

a)

Animals skins

b)

cotton

c)

silk

d)

deer skin

16.

What large Indigenous town served as the first capital of Virginia?

a)

Poquoson

b)

Werowocomoco

c)

Onley

d)

Rappahannock

17.

Where was the town of Werowocomoco?

a)

the York River

b)

the James River

c)

the Rappahannock River

d)

the Potomac River

18.

Who impacted Virginia's Indigenous People and their culture starting in the 1600s?

a)

European colonists

b)

Spanish colonists

c)

Australian colonists

d)

South American Colonists

19.

Where do Virginia's Indigenous People live today?

a)

all over Virginia

b)

all over North Carolina

c)

all over Florida

d)

all over Kentucky

20.

Indigenous Cultures are _______(the same or different) now compared to the 1600s.

a)

same

b)

different

21.

What are powwows?

a)

public festivals

b)

public speeches

c)

private festival

d)

tribal speech

22.

Name an activity that today's Indigenous People do to maintain their heritage.

(a)  

23.

State and Federally recognized tribes are known as tribal (a)   .

24.

Do all Virginia's Indigenous tribes share the same culture and language?

a)

yes

b)

no

25.

What are 3 reasons that Indigenous People work to gain state or Federal recognition of their tribe?

a)

access to resources

b)

help with maintaining their land and culture

c)

being able to establish tribal governments

d)

gaining money from the government