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Virginia Studies: American Indians
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Social Studies
4th Grade
11/11/2016

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Where was Algonquian spoken?
Definition
Coastal Plain/Tidewater
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Which group lived in southwest Virginia and primarily spoke the Iroquoian language?
Definition
Cherokee
Term
What are (all of) Virginia's American Indians called?
Definition
Eastern Woodland Indian
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What are examples of artifacts?
Definition
arrow heads pottery, tools
Term
What were the American Indian language groups that lived in Virginia?
Definition
Iroquoian
Siouan
Algonquian
Term
In which region are the Chickahominy and Pamunkey tribes located?
Definition
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
Term
Which group lived in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region and primarily spoke the Algonquian language?
Definition
Powhatan
Term
During what season did Virginia Indians hunt birds and animals and live on stored foods?
Definition
Winter
Term
Archaeologists study material evidence left by people from ---
Definition
the past
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Where do today's American Indians, who trace their family history back to before 1607, continue to live?
Definition
in all parts of Virginia
Term
What are the current state-recognized tribes in Virginia?
Definition
Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Eastern Chickahominy, Nansemond, Pamunkey, Rappahannock, Upper Mattaponi, and Monacan
Term
Which American Indian language did the Powhatan speak?
Definition
Algonquian
Term
The Monacan were a part of which major American Indian language group in Virginia?
Definition
Siouan
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What did Virginia's Indians use for clothing?
Definition
animal skins (deerskins)
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Why did Christopher Columbus call the people he found in the lands he discovered Indians?
Definition
he thought he was in the Indies
Term
How can the climate of Virginia be described?
Definition
mild with four distinct seasons
Term
For American Indians, the kinds of food, clothing, and shelter they had depended on—
Definition
the seasons
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In which region is the Monacan tribe located?
Definition
Piedmont
Term
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Definition
Jamestown
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In which region is the Upper Mattaponi tribe located?
Definition
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
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What did Virginia’s Indians do for food during the Spring?
Definition
hunted, fished, and picked berries
Term
What did Virginia’s Indians do for food during the Fall?
Definition
harvested crops and stored food
Term
Who were the first people to live in Virginia?
Definition
American Indians
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What was Werowocomoco?
Definition
a large Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before the English settlers came
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What did Virginia's American Indians use to build their shelters?
Definition
natural resources
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When were beans, corn, and squash grown?
Definition
summer
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