Virginia Studies Final SOL Review

The main reason it was hard for the Jamestown colony to survive was because the settlers —

• had few of the needed skills

• lost supply ships to American Indians

• wanted to return to England

• arrived in the middle of the winter

Because of the growth of the Virginia colony, the American Indians realized that the settlers were—

• stealing their gold

• raising taxes

• planting crops

• seizing their land

Put the events in the correct order in which they occurred.

• Virginia Declaration of Rights Is Created

• Williamsburg Becomes

• Declaration of Independence Is Written

• Jamestown Settlement Is Founded

• Virginia’s Capital

  Virginia Assembly is established

In Virginia history, Powhatan is important because he —

• provided leadership to the American Indians

• offered help to the Spanish soldiers

• began trading with the British Parliament

• taught the settlers the Siouan language

Scots-Irish settlers primarily made their homes in the Shenandoah Valley because it was —

• A near the state capital

• along the migration route

• close to the Chesapeake Bay

• next to the Tennessee border

Which name shows the influence of American Indian culture?

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• Richmond

• Yorktown

Complete the cause and effect chart.

• sends troops to New York

• votes to leave the Union

• writes a new constitution

• decides to end slavery

Which group established the town of Werowocomoco?

• African Americans

• Spanish

• American Indians

• English Settlers

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

• digging at archaeological sites

• reading the newspaper

• designing them on computers

• looking at colonial computers

Which is the best example of a cultural landscape?

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