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What evidence is there that American Indians lived in all areas of the state
Artifacts such as arrowheads, pottery and other tools that have been found a lot about the people who live in Virginia
Why are native peoples called Indians
Christopher Columbus called the people here he found in the lands he explored Indians because he thought he was in the Inies (near china)
What were the three major language groups found in Virginia
Iroquoian, Siouan, Algonquian
Languages that were spoken primarily in the Tidewater region? The Powhatan were a part of this group
Algonquian
What languages were spoken primarily in the Piedmont region? The Monacan were a part of this group
Siouan
What languages were spoken and Southwestern Virginia and in the southern Virginia near what is today North Carolina? The charity were a part of this group
Iroquoisan
Describe Virginia’s climate
Relatively mild with four distinct seasons resulting in a variety of vegetation
Because forecast cover most of the land Virginia Indians are referred to as
Eastern Woodland Indians
What are some of the ways Virginia Americans Indians related to the climate and interacted with their environment to meet their basic needs
A. Foods change with the seasons winter hunted birds and animals and lived on stored foods from the previous fall
spring – hunted finished and pick berries summer – grew crops such as beans corn squash
fall – harvested crops hundred for food and preserve and kept for winter B.Animal skins,deerskin used for clothing see.
C.Shelter made from materials around them
How do Virginia’s American Indians live today in relation to the way they lived in the past
Native peoples of the past farm, hunted, and finished. They made homes using natural resources. They used animal skins for clothing in the winter. Today, most need of peoples lives like other Americans. Their cultures have not changed over time
Why is archaeology important
Recovered artifacts give them clues about interactions of the English, African, and Indians in early Virginia
What was werowococo?
Werowocomoco was a large Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before the English settlers came. It was the headquarters of the leader, Powhatan, in 1607
What was Jamestown?
Jamestown became the first permanent English settlement in North America
Names of current American Indian tribes who can trace their family history to be for 1607 and continue to live in all parts of Virginia today
Coastal plain region:
Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Mattaponi, upper Mattaponi, Nansemond, Pamunky, Rapahannock
Piedmont: Monacan
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Reasons for English colonization in America?
England wanted to establish an American colony to increase its wealth and power
