SOL VA Studies 2 (c,d,f) group 2 Flashcards
What is the pneumonic sentence to remember the American Indian groups?
Their languages?
Cheese ( monkey in the middle) puffs
Indians shoot arrows (languages)
Which American Indian group was located in South – Western Virginia and in southern Virginia near North Carolina?
What language do they speak?
Group – Cherokee
Language – Iroquoian
Which American Indian group was located in the coastal plain/Tidewater region?
What language did they speak?
Group – Powhatan
Language – Algonquian
Which American Indian group was located in the Piedmont region?
What language did they speak?
Group – Monacan
Language – Siouan
Who studies all kinds of material evidence left by people from the past?
What evidence is there that American Indians lived in all areas of Virginia?
Archaeologists
Artifacts (arrowheads, pottery, and tools) have been found
Which large Indiantown was used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before English settlers came?
Werowocomoco
In order, from north to south, what are the rivers of Virginia?
What is the pneumonic sentence to remember the rivers?
Potomac River
Rappahannock River
York River
James River
Please remember your jacket
How did the flow of rivers affect the settlement (where to live) of Virginia?
Each river was a source of food and provided a pathway for exploration and settlement
Which river runs through the city of Fredericksburg?
What two cities are located along the James river?
Rappahannock River
Richmond
James town
Which swamp has a variety of wildlife and is located in the coastal plain region?
Who explored and surveyed this swamp?
Dismal Swamp
George Washington
What shallow natural lake is located in the coastal plain region?
Lake Drummond
