Location and Regions
How many states border Virginia?
5
Use picture to identify number 1 and 2 on the map.
1 is Atlantic Ocean
2 is Chesapeake Bay
How many major American Indian Language groups were found in Virginia?
3
What best describes Virginia's climate?
Mild with four seasons?
Cold with three separate seasons?
Hot with four separate seasons?
Dry with two separate seasons?
Mild with four seasons
What was the name of the large Indian town used as the headquarters of the leader Powhatan in 1607?
Werewocomoco
What mnemonic device do we use to remember the states that border Virginia?
Mustard With Ketchup Tastes Nasty.
What lake is labeled number 3 on the map?
Lake Drummond
What did the Powhatans speak?
Algonquian, Siouan, or Iroquoian?
Algonquian
Match the season, Fall to its description.
harvested crops and hunted for food.
hunted birds and other animals and lived on stored foods.
hunted, fished, and picked berries.
grew different crops, such as beans, corn, and squash
harvested crops and hunted for food.
The first permanent English settlement in North America is known as...
Jamestown
What mnemonic device do we use to remember the 5 regions of Virginia?
A Very Big Potato Chip
Who surveyed and explored the Dismal Swamp?
George Washington
What did the Monacans speak?
Algonquian, Siouan, or Iroquoian?
Siouan
Match the season, Spring to its description.
harvested crops and hunted for food.
hunted birds and other animals and lived on stored foods.
hunted, fished, and picked berries.
grew different crops, such as beans, corn, and squash
hunted, fished, and picked berries
The Upper Mattaponi Tribe, Rappahannock Tribe, Mattaponi Tribe, Chickahominy Tribe, Eastern Chickahominy tribe, Pamunkey Tribe, and the Nansemond Tribe all come from which region?
The Blue Ridge Mountain Region, Coastal Plain Region, Piedmont Region
Coastal Plain Region
Use the mnemonic device that we use to remember the 5 regions of Virginia and try and tell what they stand for.
A Very Big Potato Chip
Appalachian Plateau, Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain/Tidewater
Match the cities to the river they are located on.
Rappahanock River Yorktown
James River Alexandria
Potomac River Fredericksburg
York River Richmond and Jamestown
Rappahanock River Fredericksburg
James River Richmond
Potomac River Alexandria
York River Richmond and Jamestown
What did the Cherokee speak?
Algonquian, Siouan, or Iroquoian?
Iroquoian
What is the main purpose of archaeology?
To understand why animals are becoming extinct?
To understand how humankind will adapt to their environment in the future?
To understand how animals that are extinct lived long ago?
To understand how humankind in the past related to their surroundings?
To understand how humankind in the past related to their surroundings
The Monacan Tribe comes from which region?
The Blue Ridge Mountain Region, Coastal Plain Region, Piedmont Region
Piedmont Region
Names the states in order using the mnemonic device that border Virginia.
Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina
Use the map to label the 4 major rivers from top to bottom.
8 is Potomac River
7 is Rappahannock River
6 is York River
5 is James River
Using image, correctly identify the location of the three major American Indian language groups.
Algonquian in the Tidewater Region
Siouan in the Piedmont Region
Iroquoian in the Southwestern Virginia and present day North Carolina
Match the season, Winter and Summer to its description.
harvested crops and hunted for food.
hunted birds and other animals and lived on stored foods.
hunted, fished, and picked berries.
grew different crops, such as beans, corn, and squash
Winter is hunted birds and other animals and lived on stored foods.
Summer is grew different crops, such as beans, corn, and squash
America Indians maintain tribal museums and lands on which they hold public festivals called powwows. Determine what American Indians use powwows for.
for..a way of teaching people about American Indian culture, but only in the present?
for...a way of teaching people about American Indian culture, but only in the past?
for...a way of teaching people about American Indian culture, both in the past and the present?
for...a way of teaching people about American Indian culture, but only how they plan to change it in the future?
American Indians use powwows as way of teaching people about American Indian culture, both in the past and the present