VS.2 Native Peoples

1. The major American Indian language group of southwestern Virginia was

• Caddoan
• Algonquian
• Iroquoian
• Siouan

2. Which group's traditional homeland was located in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region of Virginia?

• Lakota
• English
• Powhatan
• African

3. Mari lives in Virginia near the North Carolina border. She is writing a history report on the native peoples that lived near her home and spoke an Iroquoian language. Which American Indians will be described in Mari's report?

• Cherokee
• Pamunkey
• Monacan
• Powhatan

4. Which American Indians were mostly located in the Tidewater Region?

• Appalachian
• Powhatan
• Monacan
• Cherokee

5. Christopher Columbus called the people he encountered "Indians" because --

• he thought he was in the Indies
• he thought he was in Jamestown
• he thought he was in North America
• he thought he was in Africa

6. Which numbered area on the map shows where the Siouan language was spoken?

• A
• B
• C
• D

7. Which language was spoken by American Indians who lived near the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean?

• Siouan
• Iroquoian
• Algonquian
• Cherokee

8. The Cherokee were part of which major American Indian language group in Virginia?

• Algonquian
• Siouan
• Powhatan
• Iroquoian
• Monacan

9. How many major American Indian language groups were found in Virginia?

• 2
• 5
• 4
• 3

10. True or False: American Indians believed in land ownership.

• True
• False