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Food, Clothing, & Shelter
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Virginia Indians
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Virginia
100
What did Indians in Virginia use for clothing?
animal skins
100
What language was mostly spoken in Southwestern and Southern Virginia?
Iroquoian
100
Virginia's Indians are referred to as ____________________ ___________________ _______________________.
Eastern Woodland Indians
100
An arrow head is an example of an _________________.
artifact
100
How is the climate of Virginia described?
mild with four seasons
200
What did Indians in Virginia use to build their shelters?
natural resources
200
Siouan speaking tribes lived in what region of Virginia?
Piedmont
200
Christopher Columbus called the people he found in the lands he discovered "Indians" because he thought he was in the _________________.
Indies
200

What crops were called "three sisters"?

beans, corn, and squash

200
Virginia Indians harvested their crops and hunted for food to preserve during what season?
Fall
300
For Virginia Indians, the kinds of food, clothing, and shelter they had depended on the four ___________________.
seasons
300
The Monacan tribe were part of what language group in Virginia?
Siouan
300
A large indian town used by Indian leaders for hundreds of years before the English came.
Werowocomoco
300
The study of the material items that past peoples have left behind is called_____________________.
Archeology
300
Virginia Indians hunted, fished, and picked berries in what season?
Spring
400
Beans, corn, and squash were grown during the _________.
summer
400
The Powhatan American Indians spoke ______________.
Algonquian
400

How do we know Natives lived all over Virginia?

We have found artifacts

400
Arrowheads, spears, and tools left behind by the American Indians are called ________________.
Artifacts
400
During what season did Virginia Indians hunt birds and other animals and live on stored foods from the previous season?
Winter
500
Native peoples of the past __________,_____________, and _____________ to get their food.
farmed, hunted, and fished
500
The Cherokee were part of what language group?
Iroquoian
500

Why were Natives able to grow a variety of vegetation?

Because of Virginias mild climate

500

What covers most of Virginias land?

forests
500
During what season did Virginia Indians grow crops like beans, corn, and squash?
Summer