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| Why are native peoples called Indians? | Because Columbus thought he was in the Indies (near China) |
| What Tribe spoke Algonguian? | Powhatan Tribe |
| What language was spoken in the Tidewater Region | Algonguian |
| What Tribe spoke Siouan? | Monacan Tribe |
| What language was spoken in the Piedmont Region? | Siouan |
| What Tribe spoke Iroguoian? | Cherokee Tribe |
| what language was spoken in Southwestern Virginia and in Sourthern Virginia near what is today North Carolina | Iroquian |
| What are some characteristics of Virginia's climate? | Mild with distinct seasons-spring summer fall, and winter |
| Which season? Hunted birds and animals. Lived on stored foods from the previous fall | Winter |
| Which season? Hunted, fished, picked berries | Spring |
| Which season?Grew crops (bean, corn, squash | Summer |
| Which season? Harvested crops, hunted food to preserve to keep for the winter | Fall |
| What was clothing made of? | Animal skin like deerskin especially in winter |
| What materials did the use to build shelter? | Barks, tree branches, reeds |
| What are the three major language groups found in Virginia? | Algonguian, Siouan, Iroquoian |
| What evidence is there that American Indians lived in all areas of the state? | Artifacts such as arrowheads, pottery, and other tools that have been found tell a lot about the people who lived in Virginia |
| What were Virginia Indians also referred as | Eastern Woodland Indians |
| Why were the called Eastern Woodland Indians? | Because Virgnia was covered by forest trees |
| What are some ways Virginia Indians related to their climate and interacted with their environment to meet their basic needs? | Food they ate, the clothing they wore and the shelter they had depended upon the seasons |
| How do American Indians live today in relation to the way they lived in the past? | Today native people live like other Americans. Their culture changed over time |
| How did native peoples of the past live (5) | Farmed, Hunted, Fished, Made homes of natural resources, used animals skin for clothing in the winter |
| A person who studies all kinds of material evidence left from people of the Past | Archeologists |
| What did Archaelogist find in Jamestown | The original fort |
| How can new findings from Archeologist change the understanding of history? | The recovered artifacts give clues about the interactions of the English, Africans, and Indians in early Virginia |
| A name of a large Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before the English settlers came | Werowocomoco |
| It was the headquarters of the leader, Powhatan, in 1607 | Werowocomoco |
| The first permanent English settlement in North America | Jamestown |
| What are the names of the current state-recognized tribes? (6) | Chikahominy, Eastern Chickhominy, Mattaponi, Nansemond, Pamunky, Monacan |
| Where are the current state recognized tribes located in Virginia today? | Tidewater Region and Piedmont Region (Monacan Tribe only) |
| Who were the first people in America? | Native Indians |
| What year did Columbus discover America | 1492 |
| What do you call old arrowheads, pottery and tools found by Archaeologist? | Artifacts |
| **What are theIndian houses called? | Yehakin |
| **What did indians trade with settlers? | Food |
| **What did Settlers trade with Indians? | Copper for Jewerly pots and pans |
| How far back do Amercan Indians trace their family history? | Before 1607 |
