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WorksheetsEarly WV Settlers
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In 1606, King James of England granted ____________ to two land companies to establish settlements in western Virginia.
a)
charters
b)
constitution
c)
compass
d)
promises
2.
Who is the first recorded European to enter what is now West Virginia?
a)
William Berkeley
b)
John Lederer
c)
Abraham Wood
d)
Edward Bland
3.
Who organized his own militia; attacked and burned Jamestown?
a)
James Needham
b)
Nathaniel Bacon
c)
John Lederer
d)
Christopher Newport
4.
Who awarded golden horseshoes to fellow explorers?
a)
Christopher Newport
b)
Alexander Spotswood
c)
Thomas Walker
d)
John Lederer
5.
Which men journeyed from the Potomac River and down the Mississippi River to New Orleans?
a)
Howard and Salley
b)
Batts and Fallam
c)
John Lederer
d)
Christopher Newport
6.
Who, along with 250 men, buried plates on the banks of the Ohio River as claim for France?
a)
Howard and Salley
b)
Celoron de Blainville
c)
James Needham
d)
Thomas Walker
7.
Which explorers charted the New River and made a claim for England of the Allegheny Valley?
a)
Thomas Batts and Robert Fallam
b)
Gabriel Arthur
c)
William Berkeley
d)
John Lederer
8.
What is a cartographer?
a)
a journalist
b)
a map-maker
c)
a surveyor
d)
an explorer
9.
Which continent did our explorers all come from?
a)
North America
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
Asia
10.
Across which ocean did our explorers all sail?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Arctic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Atlantic Ocean
11.
What group of immigrants primarily settled in the Eastern Panhandle?
a)
French
b)
Germans
c)
Italians
d)
Scots-Irish
12.
Who was the first European settler in western VA?
a)
Joist Hite
b)
Louis Michel
c)
Morgan Morgan
d)
Issac Van Meter
13.
Which expedition strengthened Great Britain's claim to the Ohio Valley?
a)
Batts and Fallam
b)
Needham and Arthur
14.
Who was killed after negotiating a treaty with the Cherokee?
a)
Gabriel Arthur
b)
James Needham
15.
Which explorers discovered trees with the letters M.A.N.I. and MA.NI. on them?
a)
Batts and Fallam
b)
Needham and Arthur
c)
Wood and Bland
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