Werowocomoco
Archeology
Environment
Language Groups
Adapting Indians
100

Where was Werowocomoco located?

The York River
100

An arrowhead is an example of an ___.

Artifact

100

What type of climate does Virginia have?

Mild

100

What language group were the Powhatan part of?

Algonquian

100

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The primary type of land cover in Virginia.

What are forests?

200

What does Werowocomoco mean?

"Leader Settlement"

200

True or False: Rocks and leaves are NOT artifacts, because they are naturally made.

True

200

True or False: The resources the Indians used depended on the seasons.

True

200

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What region were the Monacan tribes from?

Piedmont

200
The First Americans in Virginia are referred to as members of this major American Indian group (3 words).
What are the Eastern Woodland Indians?
300

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What chief was the leader at Werewocomoco in 1607?

Chief Powhatan

300
The name of the scientists who study Archeology.

Archeologists

300

In what season did they pick berries and fish?

Spring

300

What language was primarily spoken in the Piedmont region?

Siouan

300
The clothing used by First Americans in Virginia used this animal skin.
What is deerskin?
400

What evidence have we found of Werowocomoco?

Artifacts

400

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Archeologists have used these to teach us about the past..

Artifacts

400

In what season did they hunt animals and birds?

Winter

400

The language spoken by First Americans in the Tidewater region of Virginia.

Algonquian

400

What was the first English settlement?

Jamestown

500

Werowocomoco was the ____ for the Algonquian tribes.

Headquarters

500

Give 2 examples of artifacts.

Arrowheads and Pottery

500
In what season did they harvest vegetables?

Can you name the "three sisters"?

Fall; Beans, Corn, and Squash

500

This tribe of Indians spoke Iroquoian in Southwest and Southern Virginia.

Cherokee

500

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A way of teaching American Indians and visitors about their culture, past and present is called a ____.

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