Hungry for History Level 2

Question 1

Who were the first people to live in Virginia?

Answer 1

American Indians

Question 2

American Indians lived in _______ areas of Virginia.

Answer 2

all

Question 3

Christopher Columbus called the people he found in the lands he explored “Indians” because he thought he was in the ______ (near China).

Answer 3

Indies

Question 4

What evidenced is there that American Indians lived in all areas of the state?

Answer 4

artifacts

Question 5

Name two artifacts found in Virginia.

Answer 5

arrowheads, pottery, tools

Question 6

Name the three major language groups found in Virginia.

Answer 6

Algonquian, Siouan, Iroquoian

Question 7

The ____ were part of the Algonquian language group.

Answer 7

Powhatan

Question 8

What was spoken in Southwestern Virginia and in Southern Virginia near what is today North Carolina?

Answer 8

Iroquoian Languages

Question 9

Which languages were spoken primarily in the Piedmont region?

Answer 9

Siouan Languages

Question 10

Which languages were spoken primarily in the Tidewater region?

Answer 10

Algonquian Languages

Question 11

The Cherokee were a part of this language group?

Answer 11

Iroquoian

Question 12

The ______ were part of the Siouan language group.

Answer 12

Monacan

Question 13

Virginia’s American Indians worked with the _____ and the _____ to meet their basic needs.

Answer 13

Climate/Environment

Question 14

Virginia Indian _______ have changed over time.

Answer 14

cultures

Question 15

What are the characteristics of Virginia’s Climate?

Answer 15

relatively mild with 4 distinct season

Question 16

______, which have a variety of trees, cover most of the land in Virginia.

Answer 16

Forests

Question 17

Virginia’s Indians are referred to as the ______ _________ Indians.

Answer 17

Eastern Woodland

Question 18

The kinds of food the American Indians ate, the clothing they wore, and the shelters they had depended upon the ______.

Answer 18

seasons

Question 19

In winter, the American Indians hunted ______ and ______ and lived on stored foods from the previous fall.

Answer 19

birds and animals

Question 20

In ________, the American Indians hunted, fished, and picked berries.

Answer 20

spring

Question 21

In _______, the American Indians grew crops (beans, corn, and squash).

Answer 21

summer

Question 22

In fall, the American Indians _______ ______ and hunted for foods to preserve and keep for the winter.

Answer 22

harvested crops

Question 23

What did the American Indians use for clothing?

Answer 23

animal skins (deerskin)

Question 24

What did the American Indians use for shelter?

Answer 24

materials around them

Question 25

Native peoples of the past ______, _______, and ______ for food.

Answer 25

farmed, hunted, and fished

Question 26

Native peoples of the past made homes using ______ resources.

Answer 26

natural

Question 27

Today, most native peoples live like other ______.

Answer 27

Americans

Question 28

_______ study all kinds of material evidence left by people from the past.

Answer 28

Archaeologists

Question 29

What was the name of the large Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before the English settlers came?

Answer 29

Werowocomoco

Question 30

Where was the headquarters of the leader, Powhatan, located in 1607?

Answer 30

Werowocomoco

Question 31

What became the first permanent English settlement in North America?

Answer 31

Jamestown

Question 32

Who has lived in Virginia for thousands of years?

Answer 32

American Indian People

Question 33

Archaeologists have discovered the site of the original Jamestown fort. The recovered artifacts give archaeologists clues about the interactions of _____, _____, and _____ in early Virginia.

Answer 33

English, Africans, and Indians

Question 34

Where do the American Indians, who can trace their family histories back to well before 1607 continue to live today in Virginia?

Answer 34

in all parts of Virginia

Question 35

What current state-recognized tribe is located in the Piedmont region?

Answer 35

Monacan