Virginia's Indigenous People

Archaeology

100

The study of past cultures, including material items left behind by the people, is called - 

Archaeology

200

Objects and tools that tell about people from the past are called - 

Artifacts

300

True or False

Examples of artifacts include arrowheads, pottery, and beads.

True

Werowocomoco

100

Werowocomoco was used as headquarters for Chief ______________________ for hundreds of years before the English arrived.

Powhatan

200

What did the English rename the Pamunkey river?

York River

300

True or False

Archaeologists have recovered artifacts at Werowocomoco that help tell about daily life in Werowocomoco and its importance to the Powhatan Nation.

True

400

What region of Virginia is Werowocomoco located in?

Coastal Plain (Tidewater)

Virginia's Indigenous People and their Environment

100

Virginia's Indigenous people made shelters from - 

Natural resources, such as wood and bark

200

In what season did Virginia's Indigenous people grow crops, such as beans, corn, and squash?

Summer

300

In what season did Virginia's Indigenous people harvest crops and hunt for food to preserve and keep?

Fall

400

In what season did Virginia's Indigenous people hunt, fish, and pick berries?

Spring

500

Why were Indigenous communities and towns built close to rivers?

To farm and fish

To travel easier

Language Groups

100

What natural resource did the Monacan people have access to that they may have traded with the Powhatan?

Copper

200

In which region of Virginia were the Algonquian languages primarily spoken?

Coastal Plain (Tidewater)

300

In which region of Virginia did Siouan speakers primarily live?

Piedmont

400

In which regions of Virginia were Iroquoian languages primarily spoken?

Coastal Plain (Tidewater), and in parts of the Valley and Ridge and Appalachian Plateau

OR

Southwest/southern Virginia

500

What Indigenous language group consisted of the Nottoway and Meherrin tribes and had little contact with European settlers?

Iroquoian speakers

Virginia's Indigenous People Today

100

When the English settlers arrived in 1607, many Indigenous people were forced to leave their homes and move to a designated area of land called a -

reservation

200

Where in Virginia do current state-recognized Indigenous tribes live today?

All throughout Virginia