VA Studies SOL review

Which group established the town of Werowocomoco?

• English settlers

• American Indians

• Spanish missionaries

• African Americans

How do we know what life was like for Jamestown settlers? We can use study items such as metal tools to learn how they were used.

People studying the past best learn about artifacts like these by-

• designing them on computers

• seeing them in newspapers

• digging at archaeological sites

• looking at colonial pictures

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

- Author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

- Served as the Governor during the Revolutionary War

- Served in the Continental Congress

Which Virginian is responsible for these contributions?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• James Madison

Which groups traditional homeland was located in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region of Virginia?

• 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

- maintaining farms and plantations

- providing labor for the military

During the Civil War, which group did this work for the Confederate states?

• New European Immigrants

• American Indians

• Southern abolitionists

• Enslaved African Americans

Which Virginia governor is known for the "Pay as Your Go" road improvement policy?

• A. Linwood Holton

• Mills E. Godwin, Jr.

• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

• L. Douglas Wilder