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Native Americans Living in Virginia
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Who were the first people to live in Virginia? | American Indians |
| American Indians lived in ________ areas of Virginia. | all |
| Christopher Columbus called the people he found in the lands he explored “Indians” because he thought he was in the ________ (near China). | Indies |
| What evidence is there that American Indians lived in all areas of the state? | artifacts |
| Name at least two artifacts found in Virginia. | arrowheads pottery tools |
| Name the three major language groups found in Virginia. | Algonquian Siouan Iroquoian |
| The ________ were part of the Algonquian language group. | Powhatan |
| What was spoken in Southwestern Virginia and in Southern Virginia near what is today North Carolina? | Iroquoian languages |
| Which languages were spoken primarily in the Piedmont region? | Siouan languages |
| Which languages were spoken primarily in the Tidewater region? | Algonquian languages |
| The Cherokee were a part of this language group? | Iroquoian |
| The ________ were part of the Siouan language group. | Monacan |
| Virginia’s American Indians worked with the ________ and the ________ to meet their basic needs. | climate/environment |
| Virginia Indian ________ have changed over time. | cultures |
| What are the characteristics of Virginia’s climate? | relatively mild with 4 distinct seasons |
| ________, which have a variety of trees, cover most of the land in Virginia. | Forests |
| Virginia’s Indians are referred to as ________ ________ Indians. | Eastern Woodland |
| The kinds of food the American Indians ate, the clothing they wore, and the shelters they had depended upon the ________. | seasons |
| In winter, the American Indians hunted ________ and ________ and lived on stored foods from the previous fall. | birds and animals |
| In ________, the American Indians hunted, fished, and picked berries. | spring |
| In ________, the American Indians grew crops (beans, corn, and squash). | summer |
| In fall, the American Indians ________ ________ and hunted for foods to preserve and keep for the winter. | harvested crops |
| What did the American Indians use for clothing? | animal skins (deerskin) |
| What did the American Indians use for shelter? | materials around them |
| Native peoples of the past ________, ________, and ________ for food. | farmed, hunted, and fished |
| Native peoples of the past made homes using ________ resources. | natural |
| Today, most native peoples live like other ________. | Americans |
| ________ study all kinds of material evidence left by people from the past. | Archaeologists |
| What was the name of the large Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before the English settlers came? | Werowocomoco |
| Where was the headquarters of the leader, Powhatan, located in 1607? | Werowocomoco |
| What became the first permanent English settlement in North America? | Jamestown |
| Who has lived in Virginia for thousands of years? | American Indian people |
| Archaeologists have discovered the site of the original Jamestown fort. The recovered artifacts give archaeologists clues about the interactions of ________, ________ and ________ in early Virginia. | English, Africans, and Indians |
| How many American Indian tribes are recognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia today? | eight |
| Where do the American Indians, who can trace their family histories back to well before 1607, continue to live today in Virginia? | in all parts of Virginia |
| What current state-recognized American Indian tribe is located in the Piedmont region? | Monacan |
| What are the names of the current state-recognized American Indian tribes in Virginia? | Chickahominy Eastern Chickahominy Mattaponi Nansemond Pamunkey Rappahannock Upper Mattaponi Monacan |
| In what region of Virginia are the Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Nansemond, Pamunkey, Rappahannock, and Upper Mattaponi state-recognized American Indian tribes located? | Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region |
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