Another Virginia Studies SOL Test Review

Which group established the town of Werowocomoco?

• English settlers

• American Indians

• Spanish missionaries

• African Americans

People studying the past best learn about artifacts by...

• designing them on computers

• seeing them in newspapers

• digging at archaeological sites

• looking at colonial pictures

Which of these happened last?

• Settlers learned survival skills from Powhatan and other native peoples.

• Native peoples saw the settlers as invaders taking their land.

• Settlers communicated with the native peoples through Pocahontas.

• Native peoples taught the settlers to plant corn and other crops.

What is the best example of a cultural landscape?

• tree

• cow

• barn

• tractor

The arrival of European settlers changed the lives of American Indians by forcing them to...

• build new houses

• attend school

• move inland

• work on ships

The area of West Virginia became a state because...

• Its people opposed slavery

• Abraham Lincoln was elected

• Its people supported women's suffrage

• John Brown caused a slave revolt

In which region was the first permanent English settlement located?

• Valley and Ridge

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Piedmont

• Coastal Plain (Tidewater)

Which Virginian is responsible for these contributions?

*Author of Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

*Served as Governor during the Revolutionary War

*Served in the Continental Congress

• Thomas Jeffereson

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• James Madison

Which group's traditional homeland was located in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region?

• Lakota

• English

• Powhatan

• African

Edmund: "I think we should stay loyal to the king."

Joshua: "I think we should form our own nation."

Which statement about these two Virginians is probably true?

• Only one led soldiers in the colonies.

• They took opposite sides in the American Revolution.

• Only one paid taxes in the colonies.

• They had different opinions about African-American slavery.