Regions
What region are the Great Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond located?
Coastal Plain
What are the 3 main language groups in Virginia?
Algonquian
Siouan
Iroquoian
What did Virginia's Indians use for clothing?
Animal skins
_______________ study all kinds of material (evidence) left from people of the past.
ARCHAEOLOGISTS
True or False....
American Indian people have lived in Virginia for thousands of years.
TRUE
What are the 4 major rivers in Virginia?
(Please Remember Your Jacket)
Potomac River
Rappahannock River
York River
James River
The Algonquian languages were spoken primarily in what region?
Tidewater
Many American Indians lived in towns situated along the rivers, which made for
good _______, good ______, and easy ________.
good farming
good fishing
easy travel
_______________ was a large Indian town located on the York River, used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before the English settlers came.
WEROWOCOMOCO
TRUE or FALSE
American Indians don't live in the United States anymore.
FALSE
A __________ is a piece of land surrounded by water on all sides but one side.
peninsula
The Siouan languages were spoken primarily in what region?
Piedmont
The climate in Virginia is relatively _______ with 4 distinct _________.
MILD
SEASONS
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America? Archaeologists have discovered the site of the original fort!
Jamestown
The tribes maintain tribal museums and lands on which they hold public festivals called ___________ .
Powwows
The Blue Ridge Mountains are very ______ and ______. They are a part of a bigger mountain chain called the Appalach8ian Mountains.
old and rounded
The Iroquoian languages were spoken primarily where?
Southwestern Virginia and in Southern Virginia
The kinds of foods Indians ate, the clothing they wore, and shelters they had depended on the _______.
SEASONS.
Winter- hunted birds & animals (lived on previous hunted foods)
Spring- hunted, fished, and picked berries
Summer- grew crops (beans, corn, squash)
Fall- harvested crops
Recovered ____________ give archaeologists clues about the interactions of English, Africans, and Indians in early Virginia.
ARTIFACTS
TRUE or FALSE
Virginia Indians contribute to American society was active citizens who vote, hold office, and work in communities.
TRUE
What is one of the main products of the Appalachian Plateau?
Coal
What were the tribes associated with each language?
Algonquian-----
Siouan-----
Iroquoian------
Algonquian----- POWAHATAN
Siouan----- MONACAN
Iroquoian------ CHEROKEE
Indians made homes using _______ ___________.
NATURAL RESOUCES.
Werowocomoco is located on what river?
York River
Are you going to study for this test?
Yes