Languages
What language did the Cherokee Indians speak?
Iroquoian
Which region do the Powhatan Indians live in?
Coastal Plain (Tidewater) Region
What is the name of the first people who lived in Virginia?
American Indians
How is Virginia's climate best described?
Mild with 4 season
What are the 3 sisters?
Corn, Beans, and Squash
Which language did the Monacan Indians speak?
Siouan
Which region in Virginia do the Monacan Indians live in?
Piedmont Region
Arrowheads, pottery, and tools are all examples of ________________ that prove that American Indians lived in all areas of Virginia.
Artifacts
In which season did American Indians harvest crops and store food?
Fall
What are the remains or imprint of something that once lived, such as a plant or an animal?
Fossil
What language did the Powhatan Indians speak?
Algonquian
Which region in Virginia do the Cherokee Indians live in?
Appalachian Plateau
What is the name of people that study material evidence left behind by people from the past?
Archaeologists
In which season did Virginia Indians grow beans, squash, and maize (corn)?
Summer
What is the name of a person that has great power and influence?
Paramount
What Virginia Indian language is spoken in the Piedmont region?
Siouan
Which region in Virginia do American Indians speak Algonquian?
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
What is the name of the large Indian town used by Indian leaders several hundred years before the English settlers came?
Werowocomoco
Which season did Virginia Indians hunt birds and animals and live on stored food?
Winter
What is the name of a group of people who are connected to one another by a leader, an idea, or way of life called?
A Tribe
What are the 3 American Indian languages spoken in Virginia?
Iroquoian, Siouan, and Algonquian
What are the 5 geographic regions of Virginia from East to West?
Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau
Which river was Werowocomoco located on?
In which season did Virginia's Indians hunt, fish, and pick berries?
Spring
What are people who share common customs, origins, history, government, or language called?
A Nation