American Indians of Virginia Language Groups Questions

Who were the first people to live in Virginia?

• English
• American Indians
• Spanish
• Italians

What was the name of the explorer who traveled from Spain to the New World?

• Christopher Columbus
• Christopher Johnson
• John Columbus
• Kevin Columbus

Why did Columbus call the people he found in the New World "Indians?"

• He thought he was in Indiana
• He thought he was in the Indies near China
• He thought he was in Indianapolis

Items such as arrowheads, pottery, and tools that tell about the people that lived in an area are called ________________________.

• art
• artifacts
• garbage
• plateau

_________________________ are scientists who study all kinds of artifacts by people from the past to learn how they lived.

• botanists
• zoologists
• ecologists
• archaeologists

True or False American Indians have always been closely connected to the land.

• True
• False

True or False American Indians believed in land ownership.

• True
• False

Where did the Powhatan live?

• Piedmont
• Appalachian Plateau
• Coastal Plain
• Southwest Virginia and Southern Virginia near the North Carolina border

Where did the Cherokee live?

• Piedmont
• Appalachian Plateau
• Coastal Plain
• Southwest Virginia and Southern Virginia near the North Carolina border

Where did the Monacan live?

• Piedmont
• Appalachian Plateau
• Coastal Plain
• Southwest Virginia and Southern Virginia near the North Carolina border