Discovering Virginia
Who has lived in Virginia for thousands of years and were the first people in Virginia?
American Indians
What are the characteristics of Virginia's climate?
Relatively mild with 4 distinct seasons
American Indians lived in _______________ areas of Virginia?
All
Virginia Indian _____________ have changed over time.
cultures
Which languages were spoken primarily in the Tidewater region?
The ____________ were part of this language group.
Algonquian
Powhatan
People who study the material evidence left by people from the past are called?
Archaeologists
In __________________, the American Indians hunted, fished and picked berries.
Spring
Native peoples of the past made homes using ____________________ resources.
Natural
Today, most native peoples live like other _______________.
Americans
Which languages were spoken primarily in the Piedmont region?
The ___________ were part of this language group.
Siouan
Monacan
What evidence is there that American Indians lived in all areas of the state of Virginia?
Examples would be arrowheads, pottery, and tools.
Artifacts
In ___________________, the American Indians grew crops (beans, corn, and squash).
Summer
Native peoples of the past _____________, _____________, and _____________ for food.
farmed, hunted, and fished
How many American Indian tribes are recognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia today?
8
What was spoken in Southwestern Virginia and in Southern Virginia near what is today North Carolina?
The _____________ were part of this language group?
Iroquoian
Cherokee
What became the first permanent English settlement in North America?
___________, which have a variety of trees, cover most of the land in Virginia.
Jamestown
Forests
In what season did the American Indians hunt birds and animals and lived on stored foods from the previous fall?
Winter
What was the name of the large Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before the English settlers came?
This was the headquarters of the leader, Powhatan.
Werowocomoco
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
Name the three major language groups found in Virginia.
Algonquian
Siouan
Iroquoian
Christopher Columbus called the people he found in the lands he explored "Indians" because he thought he was in the ____________________ (near China).
Indies
In what season did the American Indians harvest crops and hunt for food to keep for the winter?
Fall
The kinds of food the American Indians ate, the clothing they wore, and the shelters they had depended upon the ______________.
Seasons
Virginia's Indians are referred to as ____________ ______________ Indians.
Eastern Woodland
Archaeologist have discovered the site of the original Jamestown fort. The recovered artifacts give archaeologists clues about the interactions of ____________, ________________, and _________________ in early Virginia.