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VA studies: The First Nations (pages 37-39)

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Question 1

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What language groups were spoken by Virginia's indegenous people when Europeans first made contact with them?

English

Siouan

Spanish

Manderin

Algonquian

Iroquoian

Question 2

2.

In what year did Columbus make his trans-Atlantic trip to North America?

Question 3

3.

Click each statement that is true about indiginous people living in Virginia in 1607 when English explorers arrived.

They were starving.

They had lovely towns accross the land.

They were well fed and lived in harmony with nature.

They polluted the environment.

They shared resources with each other and with strangers.

Question 4

4.

How long have Native Americans been living in America?

Question 5

5.

Click each state that is true about Pwhatan.

It was the name of a great chief.

It was the name of an area of land with a village next to the James River.

It was the name of a union of 30 tribes.

Question 6

6.

What language group were the Powhatan part of?

Question 7

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Question 8

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Along which river was the town of Werorocomoco located?

Question 9

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What artifacts let us know that English settlers traded with the Powhatans at Werowocomoco?