VA Studies SOL Review 1

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Who were the first people to live in Virginia?

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American Indians

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We know a lot about American Indians because of their artifacts.

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artifacts

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What is a charter?

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a written agreement

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Some companies sell shares, or stocks, in order to have enough money to pay for whatever it does as a business. The investors who buy the stocks risk losing money, but they buy hoping the company's activity makes lots of money. The risky activity is an

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economic venture

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Where was the first permanent English settlement in North America founded by Christopher Newport in 1607?

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Jamestown

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Who had the power to grant the charter that established Jamestown in North America?

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King James I of England

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People (investors) who buy shares of a company are known as its

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stockholders

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Who gave the name INDIANS to the native people living in the lands that he explored?

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Christopher Columbus

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All of the following are rights Thomas Jefferson said belong to people except: life, liberty, pursuit of happiness.

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peace

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Natural resources (things formed by nature such as trees, water, coal or natural gas) can also be called---

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raw materials