May 19th, 2023 Test-Virginia Studies Review Part 1

*Valleys separated by ridges

*Includes the Great Valley of Virginia

*Part of the Appalachian mountain system

• Valley and Ridge

• Appalachian Plateau

• Piedmont

• Coastal Plain (Tidewater)

is a shallow, natural lake surrounded by the Dismal Swamp.

• Dismal Swamp

• Lake Drummond

• Rappahannock Rive

• James River

is a piece of land bordered by water on three sides

• Dismal Swamp

• industry

• peninsula

• Lake Drummond

is a large peninsula in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region. It is bordered by the Chesapeake Bay to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. 

• Dismal Swamp

• peninsula

• Atlantic Ocean

• Eastern Shore

is a large-scale business that uses available resources (natural, human and capital) in order to provide a good or service. 

• product

• business

• industry

• Architectural

Manufacturing, or the making of goods on a large scale, using machinery) is also a top industry. Top manufactured products in Virginia includes: Which does not belong

• Ships

• Chemical Goods

• Motor vehicle parts and trucks

• Hot air ballons

• Beverages (such as soft drinks)

Because so many ________ government workers live and/or work in Virginia, the federal government has a significant impact on the economy. 

• farmers

• federal

• bankers

• state

*This we the first meeting of this legislative body

*Called by the governor of Virginia

*Representatives were called “Burgesses”

*Gave settlers the opportunity to control their own government

• The General Assembly 1619

• The General Assembly 1640

• The Virginia Company Charters

• The Bill of Rights

Who had the power to grant charters allowing the settlement in North America?

• The Principal

• Powhatan

• The King of England

• John Brown

Where did the wealth of the Virginia colony mostly come from?

• The Bank

• Apples

• Tobacco

• The President