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Race Test 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which body of water was a source of food and transportation? | Chesapeake Bay |
| Yorktown is located along which river? | York River |
| Each river was a source of food and provided a pathway for ______ and _________ of Virginia. | exploration settlement |
| The Eastern Shore is a _________ bordered by the Chesapeake Bay to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. | peninsula |
| Who were the first people to live in Virginia? | American Indians (First Americans) |
| Christopher Columbus called the people he found in the lands he discovered "Indians" because he thought he was in the ________ (near China). | Indies |
| What evidence is there that American Indians (First Americans) lived in all areas of the state? | artifacts |
| Name two artifacts found in the state of Virginia. | arrowheads pottery tools |
| Name the three major language groups found in Virginia | Algonquian, Siouan, Iroquoian |
| The ________ were a member of the Algonquian language group | Powhatan |
| What was spoken in Southwestern Virginia and in Southern Virginia near what is today North Carolina? | Iroquoian |
| Which language group was spoken primarily in the Piedmont region? | Siouan |
| Which language group was spoken primarily in the Tidewarer region? | Algonquian |
| The Cherokee were a part of this language group? | Iroquoian |
| The __________ in Virginia is relatively mild with distinct seasons - spring, summer, fall, and winter - resulting in a variety of vegetation. | climate |
| __________ which have a variety of trees, cover most of the land in Virginia. | Forests |
| Virginia's Indians are referred to as ________ _______ Indians. | Eastern Woodland |
| The kinds of food they ate, the clothing they wore, and the shelters they had depended upon the _________. (American Indians) | seasons |
| In winter, the American Indians hunted ________ and _________. | birds and animals |
| In ________, the American Indians fished and picked berries. | spring |
| In ________, the American Indians grew crops (beans, corn, squash). | summer |
| In fall, the American Indians ________ _______. | harvested crops |
| What are the characteristics of Virginia's climate? | relatively mild with distinct seasons |
| What did the American Indians use for clothing? | Animal skins (deerskin) |
| What did the American Indians use for shelter? | Shelter was made from materials around them |
| In what year was the first permanent English settlement in America founded? | 1607 |
| England wanted to establish an American colony to increase her ______ and ______. | wealth and power |
| What did England hope to find in America? | silver and gold |
| An American settlement would furnish _____ _______ that could not be grown or obtained in England, while opening new markets for trade. | raw materials |
| Jamestown was primarily an ___________ venture. | economic |
| Who financed the settlement of Jamestown? | The stockholders of the Virginia Company of London |
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