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WorksheetsVS.2-VS.7 Review
Total questions: 82
Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins
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Class
Date
1.
What separates the Eastern Shore from the mainland of Virginia?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
James River
c)
Chesapeake Bay
d)
Potomac River
2.
Which states border Virginia?
a)
Maryland, Tennessee, North Carolina
b)
Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia
c)
Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland
d)
Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania
3.
Jada's family is driving over rolling hills. Which region are they in?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
Piedmont
c)
Blue Ridge Mountains
d)
Appalachian Plateau
4.
Which region has rounded mountains and is the source of many rivers?
a)
Valley and Ridge
b)
Blue Ridge
c)
Appalachian Plateau
d)
Coastal Plain
5.
Which of these is NOT a state that borders Virginia?
a)
Maryland
b)
West Virginia
c)
South Carolina
d)
Tennessee
6.
What order are the rivers in from North to South?
a)
Potomac, James, York, Rappahannock
b)
Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James
c)
James, York, Rappahannock, Potomac
d)
Rappahannock, James, Potomac, York
7.
Indians that lived in the Coastal Plain region most likely spoke which language?
a)
Iroquoian
b)
Siouan
c)
Algonquian
8.
Which tribe from the Piedmont spoke Siouan?
a)
Powhatan
b)
Monacan
c)
Cherokee
d)
Nansemond
9.
All of these could be Indian artifacts EXCEPT...
a)
pottery
b)
arrowhead
c)
stone tools
d)
journals
10.
In what season would Indians have probably grown corn, beans, and squash?
a)
Spring
b)
Summer
c)
Fall
d)
Winter
11.
What was the name of the town where Powhatan's headquarters was located?
a)
Roanoke
b)
Jamestown
c)
Werowocomoco
d)
Nansemond
12.
All of the following tribes are located in the Coastal Plain region EXCEPT...
a)
Mattaponi
b)
Nansemond
c)
Pamunkey
d)
Monacan
13.
Archaeologists study...
a)
books and newspapers.
b)
maps and encyclopedias.
c)
stories told by others.
d)
artifacts.
14.
The Charters extended English ______ to the colonists.
a)
Rights
b)
Laws
c)
Money
d)
Wealth
15.
__________ was a strong leader who organized a work program to teach the settlers how to survive.
a)
Pocahontas
b)
John Smith
c)
Africans
d)
Women
16.
Jamestown was founded on a narrow __________.
a)
Peninsula
b)
Island
c)
Gulf
d)
Bay
17.
The arrival of which group made it possible for Jamestown to establish families.
a)
Africans
b)
Portuguese
c)
Women
d)
Angola
18.
England hoped to find what in America?
a)
Silver and Gold
b)
Inland
c)
Settlement
d)
Tobacco
19.
What gave the Virginia Company of London the right to establish a settlement in North America?
a)
Stockholders
b)
Charters
c)
Rights
d)
General Assembly
20.
The native people showed the settlers how to plant...
a)
Food
b)
Corn and Tobacco
c)
Beans
d)
Raw Materials
21.
This group of people arrived in Jamestown against their will.
a)
Women
b)
Africans
c)
Angola
d)
General Assembly
22.
Who served as a contact between the native people and the English?
a)
John Smith
b)
John Rolfe
c)
Pocahontas
d)
Chief Powhatan
23.
Who granted the charters to the Virginia Company of London?
a)
King of England
b)
Stockholders
c)
Settlers
d)
Africans
24.
What was the first elected legislative body in America?
a)
Government
b)
Governor
c)
Governors Council
d)
General Assembly
25.
Chief Powhatan taught the settlers...
a)
Rights
b)
Survival Skills
c)
Tobacco
d)
Corn
26.
The Jamestown location was chosen because it could be easily ___________ from attack by sea.
a)
Water
b)
Defended
c)
Attacked
d)
Markets
27.
Portuguese sailors captured African men and women from what is now known as....
a)
England
b)
Richmond
c)
Jamestown
d)
Angola
28.
England wanted to start a colony in North America to....
a)
Find good schools
b)
Send Prisoners there
c)
Develop relationships with the Indians
d)
Increase their Wealth and Power
29.
The House of Burgess later became known as this and still exists today.
a)
Governor's Council
b)
Virginia General Assembly
c)
United Nations
d)
House of Commons
30.
What do you call a crop grown specifically to sell for money?
a)
Profit crop
b)
Sale crop
c)
Cash crop
d)
Barter Charter
31.
Which group of people provided the primary source of labor in Virginia's tobacco fields?
a)
American Indians
b)
Scots-Irish
c)
African Slaves
d)
Denture Savers
32.
Who settled mainly in the Shenandoah Valley?
a)
Germans and Scots-Irish
b)
Africans
c)
English
d)
Native Americans
33.
Which of the following lists include examples of cultural landscapes?
a)
Homes, Schools, Places of Worship
b)
Barns, Trees, Garages
c)
Homes, Barns, Places of Worship
d)
Barns, Grocery stores, Bus stations
34.
Which place name represents English influence?
a)
Richmond
b)
Roanoke
c)
Werewocomoco
d)
Mattaponi
35.
Which place name represents Native American influence?
a)
Roanoke
b)
Richmond
c)
Jamestown
d)
Williamsburg
36.
In which regions did the English and Africans settle primarily?
a)
Coastal Plain & Piedmont
b)
Blue Ridge Mountains & Valley and Ridge
c)
Appalachian Plateau & Coastal Plain
d)
Blue Ridge Mountains & Piedmont
37.
Which was the SECOND capital of colonial Virginia?
a)
Richmond
b)
Williamsburg
c)
New York
d)
Yorktown
38.
What do you call money owed to somebody else?
a)
Barter
b)
Debt
c)
Money
d)
Tobacco
39.
What was often used as a form of currency in colonial Virginia?
a)
Corn
b)
Animal skins
c)
Tobacco
d)
Credit cards
40.
As Virginia's population grew, in which direction did they move?
a)
West
b)
North
c)
South
d)
East
41.
Why did the Virginia Colony need African slave labor?
a)
It was a reliable and cheap source of labor.
b)
Europeans were terrible farmers
c)
Most European countries used slaves
d)
Africans wanted to come to the New world
42.
What happened to the American Indians after the European settlers arrived?
a)
They lived throughout Virginia
b)
They lived only in the Piedmont
c)
Most were forced inland
d)
They moved to England
43.
The Declaration of Independence states that all authority to govern belongs to who?
a)
People
b)
King
c)
Parliament
d)
Local Assemblies
44.
Who served as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army?
a)
George Washington
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
General Cornwallis
d)
Thomas Jefferson
45.
Who was a slave that served in the Continental Army and was given his freedom after the war?
a)
George Washington
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
American Indians
d)
James Lafayette
46.
Who rode on horseback to Charlottesville to war Thomas Jefferson that the British were coming?
a)
James Lafayette
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
George Washington
d)
Jack Jouett
47.
The last major battle of the Revolutionary War was fought at _________
a)
The Battle of Great Bridge
b)
Yorktown
c)
Jamestown
d)
Richmond
48.
The Declaration of Independence states that all people have rights to life, __________, and the pursuit of happiness.
a)
freedom
b)
independence
c)
liberty
d)
equality
49.
Parliament believed they had the right to ______ the colonies.
a)
Pay
b)
Free
c)
Dictate
d)
Tax
50.
Some Virginians were_______, meaning they did not take sides.
a)
Patriots
b)
Loyalists
c)
Neutral
d)
American Indians
51.
Who fought in the Continental Army against the English?
a)
Patriots
b)
Loyalists
c)
Neutral
52.
Who took on more responsibility during the war?
a)
American Indians
b)
Enslaved African Americans
c)
Women
d)
Patriots
53.
The colonists believed they should not be taxed because they had no _______ in Parliament.
a)
Independence
b)
Parliament
c)
Representation
d)
Colonists
54.
What was the first land battle fought in Virginia?
a)
Yorktown
b)
Jamestown
c)
Great Bridge
d)
Richmond
55.
What is called when you put your money away to use at another time?
a)
Savings
b)
Credit
c)
Money
d)
Debt
56.
Who earned the title Father of Our Country?
a)
James Madison
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Mason
57.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a)
George Mason
b)
James Madison
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Washington
58.
Which document states that all Virginians have the right to freedom of religion and freedom of the press?
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
d)
Virginia Declaration of Rights
59.
Who kept detailed notes during the Constitutional Convention and believed in the importance of having a U.S. Constitution?
a)
George Washington
b)
James Madison
c)
George Mason
d)
Thomas Jefferson
60.
Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
a)
James Madison
b)
George Mason
c)
George Washington
d)
Thomas Jefferson
61.
Which document states that all Virginians should be free to worship as the please?
a)
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
b)
Virginia Declaration of Rights
c)
Declaration of Independence
62.
Who earned the title Father of the Constitution?
a)
George Washington
b)
George Mason
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Madison
63.
Which document was used to help write the Bill of Rights?
a)
Virginia Declaration of Rights
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
64.
Which mountains did Virginia settlers have to cross in order to get to the Cumberland Gap?
a)
Blue Ridge Mountains
b)
Appalachian Mountains
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Virginia Mountains
65.
After the Revolutionary War, many settlers left their homes and moved to find new opportunities. In which direction did most travel?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
66.
The economy in the southern part if the United States was agricultural and relied on ______.
a)
slave labor
b)
water power
c)
factories
67.
The economy in the northern part of the United States was ________ and depended on manufacturing.
a)
agricultural
b)
trading
c)
industrialized
68.
Southern states wanted the new states created out of the western territory to be ______.
a)
free states
b)
slave states
c)
United States
69.
_____ led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia in 1831.
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Nat Turner
c)
John Brown
70.
________ campaigned or worked to get the United States government to end slavery.
a)
Politicians
b)
Abolitionists
c)
Crusaders
71.
_____ established a secret route that runaway slaves took to free states or to Canada.
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Freedom Trail
c)
Turner Route
72.
John Brown led a raid on the United States Armory (Arsenal) at _____, Virginia in 1859.
a)
Williamsburg
b)
Harpers Ferry
c)
Richmond
73.
After ______ became President of the United States in 1860, seven southern states seceded from the Union.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
James Monroe
c)
John Adams
74.
The capital of the Confederacy was ____.
a)
Washington
b)
Williamsburg
c)
Richmond
75.
Virginians were divided about secession from the Union which led to the formation of ____.
a)
Tennessee
b)
West Virginia
c)
Kentucky
76.
The first Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) was the first major battle of the Civil War. _______ played a major role in this battle.
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
John Brown
c)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
77.
The Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia who defeated Union troops in a battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1862 was General ________.
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Stonewall Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
78.
________ accepted command of the Confederate Army.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
79.
President Lincoln used the Union navy to blockade southern ports. An important sea battle between two iron-clad ships, the ____ (Union) and the _____ (Confederate) took place in waters near Hampton and Norfolk.
a)
Monitor, Manassas
b)
Monitor, Merrimack
c)
Saratoga, Merrimack
80.
The two ironclads battled for more than three hours, the battle was fought to a ______.
a)
sinking
b)
draw
c)
victory
81.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
The North (Union)
b)
the "freed slaves"
c)
The South (Confederacy)
82.
When did the Civil War end?
a)
April, 1864
b)
April, 1863
c)
April, 1865
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