Virginia Map Direction Question

In which direction would you travel from Richmond to Alexandria?

• North

• South

• East

• West

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 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

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

Which number marks the region where the first English settlement in Virginia was located?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which Virginian is responsible for these contributions? - Author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom - Served as Governor during the Revolutionary War - Served in Continental Congress

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• James Madison

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

• Lakota

• English

• Powhatan

• African