Circle the names of these tribes on page 18 of your atlas. Near their villages, the Native Americans had fields where the women grew corn, squash, pumpkins, and beans. The women also gathered fruit and nuts that grew wild near their villages. The men hunted for deer, bears, and other wild animals. They also fished in the rivers, the bay, and the ocean.
People can start farms for growing foods in many places.
But some areas are more difficult to farms than others. The Native Americans of Virginia built their homes of wood, bark, long grasses, or animal skins. These hoes were round or rectangular. Each home and a hole in the roof to let smoke out. The hole also let light in.