Virginia Studies Q2 Review

Virginia Studies Q2 Review

Review and Practice

We will review each Quarter 2 topic. Be ready to answer Quiz questions after each study guide!

Multiple Choice

Who took part in the first meeting of the General Assembly?

• all adult men in Virginia

• The governor, the governor's Council, and burgesses

• The governor and the king

Multiple Choice

How did Virginia's government change over time?

• Virginia no longer has a General Assembly

• After a few years, the governor left the General Assembly

• By the 1640s, the burgesses met as a separate group--The House of Burgesses

Multiple Choice

What was the importance of being able to elect burgesses from the colonies?

• it allowed the king to keep control over the colonies

• it allowed the colonists to control their own government

• it allowed women to take part in lawmaking

Multiple Choice

What necessary items did the colonists get FROM the Native peoples by trading?

• trees and canoes

• copper pots and jewelry

• food, furs, and leather

• cotton, tobacco, and apples

Multiple Choice

Who was the leader of many Indian tribes who helped the colonists by trading food and teaching them survival skills?

• Powhatan

• Pocahontas

• John Smith

Multiple Choice

Why was agriculture so important in the colony?

• Farming kept everyone busy and free of disease

• Growing and exporting tobacco to England brought the colony wealth

• Growing crops and raising animals made people happy and improved morale

Multiple Choice

Which group was brought to the Virginia colony as an inexpensive source of labor for tobacco farming?

• Scots-Irish men

• German men, women, and children

• American Indian children

• African men, women, and children

Multiple Choice

How did Virginia develop a unique culture?

• Englishmen and Indians lived together and joined cultures

• New groups brought a variety of crops to Virginia

• Architecture across Virginia reflects the different groups who settled here

Multiple Choice

Africans were brought to these two regions to work in tobacco fields:

• A & C

• B & C

• A & B

Multiple Choice

Germans and Scots-Irish settled here along the migration route

• A

• B

• C

Multiple Choice

Which was NOT a reason the capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg?

• Fires destroyed buildings in Jamestown

• Unhealthy living conditions in Jamestown caused disease to spread

• Williamsburg was already an established town

• Williamsburg was safer from British attack by sea

Multiple Choice

Which is TRUE about the economy of colonial Virginia?

• There were no banks, and few people had paper money

• Most people paid for goods with paper bills and coins

• Corn was used as money

Multiple Choice

How did most people obtain goods and services in the colony?

• People saved coins during the year to buy what they needed

• People bartered and bought on credit until tobacco was harvested

Multiple Choice

In colonial Virginia, people depended on local resources. One example of this is--

• Meals were made of produce and meats from England

• The colonists only ate cheese and dairy products

• Most people made their own clothes and ate the foods they could grow in the colony

Multiple Choice

What natural resources did the colonists use to make clothing?

• bark, cornhusks, tobacco leaves

• cotton, wool, leather

• silk, buffalo hide, papyrus

• jeans, sweatshirts, hoodies

Multiple Choice

Which statement represents how the COLONISTS felt they should be governed?

• They believed Parliament had legal authority

• They believed local assemblies had legal authority

Multiple Choice

The colonists believed Parliament did not have the right to tax them because--

• They had no representation in Parliament

• They already paid taxes in France

• The royal governor excused them from all taxes

Multiple Choice

The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal have the right to--

• own property

• fight against kings

• life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Multiple Choice

Virginia Patriots served--

• under the king of France

• in the Continental Army

• in Parliament

Multiple Choice

Thinking of the roles of different groups of Virginians, what was the role of women in the Revolutionary War?

• they took on more responsibilities during the war

• most did not take sides

• they fought for a chance at freedom

Multiple Choice

What famous words do you expect to find in an article about Patrick Henry?

• "No work, no food!"

• "We hold these truths to be self-evident..."

• "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

Multiple Choice

What would be the best caption for this painting of James Lafayette?

• A famous Virginia general during the Revolution

• An enslaved African American who served as a spy in the Continental Army

• An American Commander-in-Chief in the French and Indian War

Multiple Choice

How did the Marquis de Lafayette, a French nobleman in Virginia, contribute to the war?

• He successfully requested his freedom after the war

• He provided political leadership and expressed reasons for independence

• He volunteered his service to the Continental Army during the war

Multiple Select

What are TWO reasons Virginia's capital was moved to Richmond during the war?

• Richmond was farther from the ocean and safer from British attacks by sea

• Fires burned buildings

• Richmond's location was more in the center of Virginia's population

• Unhealthy living conditions caused diseases

Multiple Choice

What officially ENDED the Revolutionary War?

• British attacks in New York

• The Treaty of Paris

• American victory at Yorktown