Question

The native peoples of Virginia spoke Algonquian dialects and were known by the

English as what group of Indians?
A. Iroquois
B. Powhatan
C. Cherokee
D. Shawnee

Answer 1

The native peoples of Virginia spoke Algonquian dialects and were known by the English as the group of Powhatan Indians.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The Powhatan tribes were just another tribe of Algonquians that had moved to the Atlantic coasts after breaking from their ancestors. This tribe, like a few other Algonquian tribes, had adopted their native languages but with a bit of modification to the original.

This modification termed the modified language to be termed as a dialect of the original Algonquian language.

Answer 2

Answer: B. Powhatan Tribes

Explanation: The Powhatan tribes were located in Virginia and were distinguished for conserve parental Algonkian linguistic characteristics retained with remarkably little modification.