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VA Studies: The First Nations (pages 36 -37)

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Question 5

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Why do you think that Christopher Columbus called indigenous people of Virginia "Indians"?

Question 1

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Virginia has been populated by various nations for thousand of years. What are nations?

People who live in the same country.

Historical objects, such as arrowheads, tools, and pottery, made or used by humans.

People who share common customs, origins, history, government, or language.

The remains or imprint of somthing that once lived, such as plants or animal bones.

Question 2

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Native Virginians have left behind artifacts. What is an artifact?

People who live in the same country.

Historical objects, such as arrowheads, tools, and pottery, made or used by humans.

People who share common customs, origins, history, government, or language.

The remains or imprint of somthing that once lived, such as plants or animal bones.

Question 3

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One way we can get clues about what early life for native Virgnians was like is through fossils. What is a fossil?

People who live in the same country.

Historical objects, such as arrowheads, tools, and pottery, made or used by humans.

People who share common customs, origins, history, government, or language.

The remains or imprint of somthing that once lived, such as plants or animal bones.

Question 4

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What was Christopher Columbus trying to accomplish when he found North America?

FInd where Native Americans lived and learn about them.

Get spices from a part of the world called the Indies.