The American Indians and the Early Settlers 2

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  1. The __________was a source of food and transportation for the settlers.

    2. Your answer:
    Chesapeake Bay
    Potomac River
    Atlantic Ocean
    James River

  2. The rivers in Virginia provided the settlers with a ________________ and a means of _____________________.

    3. Your answer:
    exploration ; freedom
    source of food ; fighting
    trail ; fighting
    source of food ; exploration

  3. Why did Christopher Columbus call the people he found "Indians" in the land he discovered?

    4. Your answer:
    He thought he was in the Indies
    He was confused
    He thought he landed in the Bahamas
    He thought they were barbarians

  4. Jamestown was founded in __________.

    5. Your answer:
    1607
    1776
    1615
    1492

  5. When the English came to America, they hoped to find ____________.

    6. Your answer:
    gold and silver
    fruits and vegetables
    tobacco
    cotton

  6. What type of venture was Jamestown primarily?

    7. Your answer:
    fundraising
    debtor's prison
    economic
    religious freedom

  7. Why did England want to establish a colony in the new world?

    8. Your answer:
    increase wealth and power
    obtain raw materials
    establish farms
    find gold and jewels

  8. What would a settlement in America be able to furnish England that they were not able to obtain in their own country?

    9. Your answer:
    raw materials
    gold treasures
    ships
    all of the above

  9. What group financed the settlement of Jamestown?

    10. Your answer:
    King James
    the colonists
    Queen of Spain
    the Virginia Company of London

  10. The ___________were the first people to live in Virginia.

    11. Your answer:
    English
    African Americans
    Spanish
    American Indians

  11. American Indian __________showed that the Indians lived in all areas of the state.

    12. Your answer:
    artifacts
    skeletons
    wampum
    writing

  12. ___________are an example of Indian artifacts found in the state of Virginia.

    13. Your answer:
    stores of food
    collections of bullets
    pottery and arrowheads
    whale bones and deer bones

  13. _______, __________,____________, were the three main language goups found in Virginia.

    14. Your answer:
    Mandan, Cherokee and Algonquian
    Algonquian, Siouan and Iroquoian
    Siouan, Cherokee and Pueblo
    Iroquian, Aztec, Pueblo

  14. __________was the language spoken primarily in the Tidewater area.

    15. Your answer:
    Aztec
    Siouan
    Algonquian
    Iroquoian

  15. What group were a member of the Algonquian language group?

    16. Your answer:
    Aztec
    Cherokee
    Powhatan
    Iroquis

  16. The Siouan language was spoken primarily in the _____________ region.

    17. Your answer:
    Blue Ridge Mountains
    Valley and Ridge
    Coastal Palin
    Piedmont

  17. ___________ was spoken in southwestern Virginia and in southern Virginia in what is now the area of North Carolina.

    18. Your answer:
    Aztec
    Iroquoian
    Siouan
    Algonquian

  18. What language group did the Cherokee belong to?

    19. Your answer:
    Iroquoian
    Algonquian
    Siouan
    English

  19. The American Indians used ______________ for clothing.

    20. Your answer:
    woven cloth
    animal skins
    wool
    plants

  20. The American Indians used ___________for shelter.

    21. Your answer:
    longhouses
    teepees
    materials from around them
    mudhouses

  21. The American Indians depended upon the ____________for their food, clothing and shelter.

    22. Your answer:
    seasons
    settlers
    birds
    shipments from other groups

  22. What covers most of the land in Virginia, and contains a variety of trees?

    23. Your answer:
    fields
    plains
    meadows
    forests

  23. The climate in Virginia is relatively __________ with ____________ resulting in a variety of vegetation.

    24. Your answer:
    mild ; distinct seasons
    hot ; dry seasons
    harsh ; rainy seasons
    cold ; wet and icy seasons

  24. In which season did the American Indians fish and pick berries?

    25. Your answer:
    fall
    summer
    winter
    spring

  25. In which season did the American Indians harvest crops?

    26. Your answer:
    summer
    fall
    winter
    spring

  26. How did the American Indians get food in the winter?

    27. Your answer:
    grow food
    hunted and fished
    ate what they stored
    picked berries

  27. The American Indians ____________in the summer.

    28. Your answer:
    fished
    grew beans, corn and squash
    picked berries
    hunted

  28. How could the climate of Virginia be described?

    29. Your answer:
    mild with distinct seasons
    harsh winters
    monsoon weather
    unpredictable

  29. What was the name given to the Indians who lived in Virginia?

    30. Your answer:
    Comanche
    Powhatan
    Eastern Woodland
    Pueblo

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