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Virginia History
Virginia State History
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4th Grade
03/09/2014

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1. Who were the first people to live in Virginia?
Definition
1. American Indians
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2. American Indians lived in _______ areas of Virginia.
Definition
2. all
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3. Christopher Columus called the people he found in the lands he explored "Indians" because he thought he was in the ________ (near China).
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3. Indies
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4. What evidence is there that American Indians lived in all areas of the state?
Definition
4. artifacts
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5. Name two artifacts found in Virginia.
Definition

5. arrowheads 

pottery tools

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6. Name the three major language groups found in Virginia.
Definition

6. Algonquian

Siouan

Iroquoian

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7. The  _________ were part of the Algonquian language group.
Definition
7. Powhatan
Term
8. What was spoken in Southwestern Virginia and in Southern Virginia near what is today North Carolina?
Definition
8. Iroquoian languages
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9. Which languages were spoken primarily in the Piedmont region?
Definition
9. Siouan languages
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10. Which languages were spoken primarily in the Tidewater region?
Definition
10. Algonquian languages
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11. The Cherokee were a part of this language group
Definition
11. Iroquoian
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12. The ______ were part of the Siouan language group.
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12. Monacan
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13. Virginia's American Indians worked with the ______ and the _____ to meet their basic needs.
Definition
13. climate/environment
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14. Virginia Indian _______ have changed over time.
Definition
14. cultures
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15. What are the characteristics of Virginia's climate?
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15. relatively mild with 4 distinct seasons.
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16. _________, which have a variety of trees, cover most of the land in Virginia.
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16. Forests
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17. Virginia's Indians are referred to as 

_________ ________ Indians.

Definition
17. Eastern Woodland
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18. The kinds of food the American Indians ate, the clothing they wore, and the shelter they had depended upon the _________.
Definition
18. seasons
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19. In winter, the American Indians hunted _______

and _______ and lived on stored fooods from the previous fall.

Definition
19. birds and animals
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20. In ________, the American Indians hunted, fished, and picked berries.
Definition
20. spring
Term
21. In _______, the American Indians grew crops (beans, corn, and squash).
Definition
21. summer
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22. In fall, the American Indians 

________ _______ and hunted for foods to preserve and keep for the winter.

Definition
22. harvested crops
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23. What did the American Indians use for clothing?
Definition
23. animal skins (deerskin)
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24. What did the American Indians use for shelter?
Definition
24. materials around them
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25. Native peoples of the past _______, 

________, and _______ for food.

Definition
25. farmed, hunted, and fished
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26. Native peoples of the past made homes using ________ resources.
Definition
26. natural
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27. Today, most native peoples live like other ___________.
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27. Americans
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28. __________ study all kinds of material evidence left by people from the past.
Definition
28. Archeologists
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29. What was the name of the large Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before the English settlers came?
Definition
29. Werowocomoco
Term
30. Where was the headquarters of the leader, Powhatan, located in 1607?
Definition
30. Werowocomoco
Term
31. What became the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Definition
31. Jamestown
Term
32. Who has lived in Virginia for thousands of years.
Definition
32. American Indian people
Term

33. Archeologists have discovered the site of the original  Jamestown fort. 

The recovered artifacts give archaelogists clues about the interactions of ________,  ________ and ________ in early Virginia.

Definition
33. English, Africans, and Indians
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34. How many American Indian tribes are recognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia today?
Definition
34. eight
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35. Where do the American Indians, who can trace their family histories back to well before 1607, continue to live today in Virginia?
Definition
35. In all parts of Virginia
Term
36. What current state-recognized American Indian tribe is located in the Piedmont region?
Definition
36. Monacan
Term
37. What are the names of the current state-recognized American Indian tribes in Virginia?
Definition

37. Chickahominy

Eastern Chickahominy

Matttaponi

Nansemond

Pamunkey

Rappahannock

Upper Mattaponi

Monacan

Term
38. In what region of Virginia are teh Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Nansemond, Pamunkey, Rappahannock, and Upper Mattaponi state-recognized American Indian tribes located?
Definition
38. Coastal Plain (tidewater) region
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