Languages
Environment
Archaeology
Modern
Anything Goes
100
Who named the people he found Indians?
Christopher Columbus
100
Virginia's ______ can be described as mild with distinct seasons.
climate
100
On which river was Werowocomoco located?
York River
100
What is the name of a public festivals help by the tribes?
Powwows
100
In which season did the Indigenous People grow crops like corn, beans, and squash?
summer
200
What is the name used for objects like pottery and arrowheads?
artifacts
200
What covers most of the land in Virginia?
forests
200
What is the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Jamestown
200
Where do Virginia Indigenous People live today?
in all parts of Virginia
200
What are Virginia's Indigenous People referred to as?
Eastern Woodland Indians
300
What are the three main language groups in Virginia?
Algonquian, Siouan, and Iroquoian
300
In which seasons did Indigenous people fish, hunt, and pick berries?
spring
300
What was the name of the headquarters for the leader Powhatan?
Weowocomoco
300
True or False?
Indigenous People do not vote or hold public office.
False
300
Where did the Indigenous People go to hide from the English?
Dismal Swamp
400
What language was spoken in the Piedmont?
Siouan
400
What were animal skins used for?
clothing
400
Where did archaeologists discover the site of the original fort?
Jamestown
400
With which two groups did the Indigenous People intermingle?
Africans and English
400
Which tribe was a part of the Siouan Language groups?
Monacan
500
Which tribe and language is associated with the pink sections?
Language: Iroquoian
Tribe: Cherokee
500
In which seasons did Indigenous People hunt for foods to preserve?
fall
500
Artifacts give clues to the interactions of which three groups?
African, English, Indigenous People
500
White, European colonization greatly affected whose culture?
Indeginous People
500
Why did Christopher Columbus name the people he found Indians?
He thought he was in the Indies (near China).