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WorksheetsVirginia Studies SOL Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which bordering state is labeled with a "3"?
a)
Maryland
b)
Virginia
c)
West Virginia
d)
North Carolina
2.
Which bordering state is labeled with a "1"?
a)
Maryland
b)
Virginia
c)
West Virginia
d)
North Carolina
3.
Which region is labeled with a "2"?
a)
Appalachian Plateau
b)
Valley and Ridge
c)
Coastal Plain
d)
Blue Ridge Mountains
4.
Which region is east of the Fall Line?
a)
Blue Ridge Mountains
b)
Piedmont
c)
Tidewater
d)
Valley and Ridge
5.
Which number represents the natural border between Virginia and Maryland?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
4
d)
2
6.
Which number represents the Chesapeake Bay?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
4
d)
2
7.
What did Virginia Indians use to make clothing?
a)
tree bark
b)
leaves and vines
c)
buffalo skin
d)
deer skin
8.
What language was primarily spoken in Southwestern and Southern Virginia?
a)
Iroquoian
b)
Algonquian
c)
Siouan
d)
Spanish
9.
Which person studies material that past people have left behind?
a)
Archaeologist
b)
Meteorologist
c)
Architect
d)
Agriculturist
10.
Which of the following is NOT a currently recognized Indian tribe of Virginia?
a)
Monocan
b)
Mattaponi
c)
Chickahomini
d)
Cherokee
11.
What is the name of the large Indian town used for hundreds of years before the arrival of the settlers?
a)
Werewocomoco
b)
Wyoming
c)
Roanoake
d)
Williamsburg
12.
What important event happened in 1620 at the Jamestown colony?
a)
Jamestown was established
b)
Africans were brought over for slave labor
c)
Women were brought over to make a permanent colony
d)
Scots-Irish began their migration
13.
What important event happened in 1619 at the Jamestown colony?
a)
Jamestown was established
b)
Africans were brought over for slave labor
c)
Women were brought over to make a permanent colony
d)
Scots-Irish began their migration
14.
A citizen representative in the Virginia colonial government is called a __________.
a)
governor
b)
council member
c)
burgess
d)
king
15.
Which was one of the reasons the capital had to move from Jamestown to Williamsburg?
a)
protect from navy attacks
b)
contaminated drinking water
c)
needed a central location
d)
frequent Indian attacks
16.
Most of the colony of Virginia's wealth came from......
a)
coal mining
b)
corn growing
c)
agriculture
d)
architecture
17.
Why did the colony use slave labor?
a)
It was reliable and cheap source of labor
b)
They were lazy
c)
English are terrible farmers
d)
Africans wanted to help
18.
The Tidewater and Piedmont regions is primarily were these two groups of people settled.
a)
Scotish and Irish
b)
English and African American
c)
African American and Native Americans
d)
Germans and Irish
19.
When Patrick Henry said, "Give me liberty or give me death!" He was talking about.....
a)
ending slavery
b)
taxing the British
c)
taxation without representation
d)
ending child labor
20.
Why were the colonists upset about the taxes Great Britain gave them?
a)
It was too expensive
b)
They had no representation in the government
c)
They had no money to pay for it
d)
They thought paying for the FrenchIndian war was not their problem
21.
When someone refuses to take sides they are considered being _________.
a)
patriotic
b)
neutral
c)
negative
d)
loyal
22.
In which war did America gain its independence from Great Britain?
a)
Civil War
b)
French Indian War
c)
Revolutionary War
d)
World War I
23.
What was the Underground Railroad?
a)
A train!
b)
A series of houses for people to stay that were hunting
c)
A series of houses to stay for escaping Indians
d)
A series of houses to stay for escaping slaves
24.
The Cumberland Gap is where....
a)
the Declaration was written
b)
Virginians migrated through the Appalachians
c)
Virginians settled to raise crops
d)
the capital was moved through
25.
What did tobacco plants do to the soil?
a)
Made it more healthy
b)
prevented runoff of water
c)
drew nutrients from the soil
d)
made large holes in the ground
26.
Which detail is true for the man pictured here. (Thomas Jefferson)
a)
first president of US
b)
role model for future presidents
c)
skilled at notetaking
d)
provided political leadership
27.
Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of rights which stated that we have freedom of the press AND freedom of religion?
a)
George Mason
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
James Madison
d)
George Washington
28.
The economy of the south was primarily __________ and relied heavily on slave labor (work).
a)
industrial
b)
architectural
c)
agricultural
d)
impressive
29.
Robert E. Lee is known as being......
a)
the President of the South
b)
the commander of the militia
c)
the general leading the Union
d)
the general leading the Army of Northern Virginia
30.
What did many southern states do when Lincoln was elected president?
a)
celebrated
b)
started discussions
c)
seceded
d)
had many successes
31.
Which two iron clad ships battled in Hampton Roads waters near Norfolk?
a)
Dominion and Tidewater
b)
Lincoln and Eisenhower
c)
Meriweather and Clark
d)
Monitor and Merrimack
32.
Which battle did Robert E. Lee play a major role?
a)
Battle of Great Bridge
b)
Battle of Fredricksburg
c)
Battle of Bull Run
d)
Battle of Yorktown
33.
Conflict between eastern and western counties of Virginia led to which event?
a)
Creation of a new government
b)
Creation of West Virginia
c)
Splitting of the House of Burgesses
d)
Independence from Great Britain
34.
The Confederacy relied on ________ to provide food and manual labor.
a)
Native Americans
b)
African Americans
c)
Women
d)
Children
35.
Where did the Civil War end?
a)
Apple Farms, Suffolk
b)
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
c)
Applejacks Cereal
d)
Hippopotamus Zoo
36.
What happened to the slaves after the Civil War?
a)
Captured and killed
b)
Sent back to Africa
c)
Moved to Northern states
d)
Freed from slavery
37.
When a person rents farm land and pays the land owner with a portion of the crops, they are _____.
a)
Freedmen
b)
Sharecroppers
c)
Farmers
d)
Settlers
38.
Coal was discovered in which Virginia county?
a)
Suffolk County
b)
Tazewell County
c)
Caroline County
d)
Henry County
39.
This is the word that describes when people are separated only because of their race or place of birth.
a)
Discrimination
b)
integration
c)
racism
d)
segregation
40.
After Reconstruction, _______ began to grow with people, businesses, and factories.
a)
cities
b)
farms
c)
schools
d)
states
41.
Which industry made a comeback after the Civil war?
(It became important again)
(It became important again)
a)
slavery
b)
tobacco farming
c)
raising cattles
d)
sheep farming
42.
"Jim Crow" laws led to African American children and attending......
a)
same schools
b)
different schools
43.
Besides African Americans, who else was affected by the "Jim Crow" laws?
a)
Asians
b)
Native Americans
c)
women
d)
children
44.
Which policy did Virginia establish to fight against desegregation?
a)
Statute for Slave Freedom
b)
Declaration of Civil Rights
c)
Massive Resistance
d)
Monitor and Merrimack
45.
"Separate but equal" schools were ruled unconstitutional in which court case?
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Board of Education vs. Mrs. Kline
c)
Brown vs. Board of Education
d)
Oliver Hill vs. Board of Education
46.
What is the role (or job) of the executive branch?
a)
Makes laws
b)
Decides if laws are unconstitutional
c)
Enforces laws given
d)
Arrests people who break the law
47.
What are products found in the Piedmont region?
a)
poultry and cows
b)
fish and peanuts
c)
coal and apples
d)
tobacco and computers
48.
Shipbuilding, tourism, and military bases are industries of what region?
a)
Coastal Plain
b)
Piedmont
c)
Valley and Ridge
d)
Appalachian Plateau
49.
Which governor appointed more African Americans AND women to positions in state government than any other previous governor?
a)
Douglas Wilder
b)
Maggie Walker
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Linwood Holton
50.
What word can describe the climate of Virginia?
a)
extreme
b)
hot
c)
rainy
d)
mild
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