VS.2de Virginia's Native People

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Who first called the people found in North America "Indians"?

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Christopher Columbus

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Why did Christopher Columbus call the people he found in the lands he explored “Indians”?

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He thought he was in the Indies (near China).

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The Algonquian speakers were mainly located in what region?

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Coastal Plain

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The Siouan speakers were mainly located in what region? Options: Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Valley and Ridge, Appalachian Plateau

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Piedmont

Front

The Iroquoian speakers were mainly located in what part of Virginia?

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Southern and Southwest Virginia

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What tribe was part of the Algonquian language?

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Powhatan

Front

What tribe was part of the Siouan language?

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Monacan

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What tribe was part of the Iroquoian language?

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Cherokee