Unit 2 - Virginia Indians

Question 1

Who called the people he met in the lands he explored “Indians” because he thought he was in the Indies?

Answer 1

Christopher Columbus

Question 2

American Indians were the _________ people to live in Virginia.

Answer 2

first

Question 3

What are man-made objects that tell us about the past called?

Answer 3

artifacts

Question 4

What are two examples of artifacts?

Answer 4

pottery
arrowheads
other tools (bone flesher, nutting stone)

Question 5

What is the nickname given to the Virginia Indians? (Hint: It was given to them because Virginia was filled with forests hundreds of years ago)

Answer 5

Eastern Woodland Indians

Question 6

Which Virginia Indian tribe speaks the Algonquian language?

Answer 6

Powhatan

Question 7

Which Virginia Indian tribe speaks the Siouan language?

Answer 7

Monacan

Question 8

Which Virginia Indian tribe speaks the Iroquoian language?

Answer 8

Cherokee

Question 9

Where did the Powhatan Indians live?

Answer 9

Coastal Plain/Tidewater Region

Question 10

Where did the Monacan Indians live?

Answer 10

Piedmont Region

Question 11

Where did the Cherokee Indians live?

Answer 11

Southwest/ Southern Virginia

Question 12

How did Virginia Indian men help out their families?

Answer 12

• hunted
• fished
• warriors
• made tools
• helped build homes

Question 13

How did Virginia Indian women help out their families?

Answer 13

• cooked
• grew crops
• helped build homes
• watched over their children during the day

Question 14

What did Virginia Indians use for clothing?

Answer 14

deerskin and other animal skins

Question 15

What did Virginia Indians use for homes and shelters?

Answer 15

natural resources (anything found around them in nature)
- young saplings, wood, etc...

Question 16

How would you describe Virginia’s climate?

Answer 16

mild with four separate seasons (spring, summer, fall & winter)

Question 17

What did Virginia Indians do during the spring for food?

Answer 17

• hunted
• fished
• picked berries

Question 18

What did Virginia Indians do during the summer for food?

Answer 18

• grew crops (the Three Sisters)

Question 19

What are the Three Sisters crops?

Answer 19

• corn
• beans
• squash

Question 20

What did Virginia Indians do during the fall for food?

Answer 20

• harvested their crops

- hunted for foods to store for the winter

Question 21

What did Virginia Indians do during the winter for food?

Answer 21

• hunted birds and other animals

- lived on stored foods from the fall