Pocahontas and the Powhatan Peoples

Pocahontas and the Powhatan Peoples

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn about the cultures, languages and lives of the Algonquian speaking members of the Powhatan people.

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5 Questions

Q1.
What is 'Algonquian'?
Correct answer: A group of languages that were spoken in America
A language
A native American chief
Another nickname for Pocahontas
Q2.
When the English set up the colony of Jamestown, who already lived there?
Indian people
No one lived there
Correct answer: Powhatan people
Scottish people
Q3.
Which of the below best describes Powhatan culture?
Correct answer: It was a complex culture
It was a hunter-gatherer culture
It was a simple culture with no art, laws or farming
The Powhatan people had no culture
Q4.
Who was Matoaka/Pocahontas?
A character in a story
An English colonist who created Jamestown
Correct answer: The chief's daughter who was kidnapped by the English
The leader of the Powhatan people
Q5.
Where is Matoaka/Pocahontas buried?
America
Canada
Correct answer: England
India

Lesson appears in

UnitHistory / Who lived in 'British' America?

History