Adena, Hopewell, and Fort Ancient cultures
This type of shelter was built by women in the Fort Ancient culture.
What is wigwams?
Who were the Seneca?
This explorer was the first European to journey into the mountains in Virginia.
Who is John Lederer?
This early Swiss settler set up a temporary settlement at present-day Harpers Ferry, WV.
Who is Louis Michel?
This culture likely disappeared due to exposure to European diseases they caught through their trade networks.
This Native American group had two governments. A "white" government to assist villages with farming and laws and a "red" government to lead the village in wars.
These two explorers were credited with discovering the New River.
Batte and Hallom (Batts and Fallam)
This group led by Alexander Spotswood crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains and claimed the land around the Shenandoah River for England.
Who were "The Knights of the Golden Horseshoe?"
The name for leaders who emerged within the Hopewell culture.
Who were "Big Men"?
This type of rock used by the Mohawk to make tools and weapons allowed them to become a powerful trading group.
What is flint?
This explorer was sent with James Needham to explore southwest Virginia. He's credited with being the first person of European descent to see the Kanawha Valley.
Who is Gabriel Arthur?
This settler is commonly credited with creating the first settlement in West Virginia around present-day Berkeley County.
Who is Morgan Morgan?
The largest conical earthen mound on the continent was built by the Adena people and is in present-day town of Moundsville.
What is the Grave Creek Mound?
The system of inheritance used by the Shawnee tribe where heritage was passed down through the father's side of the family.
What is patrilineal inheritance?
This form of servitude was common during early European settlement of North America and involved working for a certain number of years without pay in exchange for passage to the colonies.
Large numbers of these two European groups were attracted to settle in Western Virginia by generous land policies.
Who are German and Scotch-Irish?
This West Virginia county name is also one of the 4 cultures that made up the Fort Ancient culture.
What is Monongahela?
This tribe of the Lenape nation resided in modern-day Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Who are the Unami?
The death of this early sponsor of western Virginia exploration and troubles with Susquehannock Indians led to setbacks in European expansion.
Who is Abraham Wood?
Who was Lord Thomas Fairfax?