WorksheetsVA Studies SOL Review 1
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 20mins
Who were the first people to live in Virginia?
African Americans
English
Spanish
American Indians
We know a lot about American Indians because of
the books they wrote
their architecture
artifacts
the crops they grew
What is a charter?
a chart used by a ship's captain
a set of directions
a paper showing that someone owes
a written agreement
Some companies sell shares, or stocks, in order to have enough money to pay for whatever it does as a business. The investors who buy the stocks risk losing money, but they buy hoping the company's activity makes lots of money. The risky activity is an
economic variable
economic vacuum
economic venture
economic vengeance
Christopher Newport, an explorer founded the first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607. Where was it located?
Quebec
Newport News
St. Augustine
Jamestown
Who had the power to grant the charter that established Jamestown in North America?
The Virginia Company of London
Christopher Newport
King James I of England
Queen Isabella of Spain
People (investors) who buy shares of a company are known as its----
financial advisors
corporate lawyers
stockholders
sponsors
Who gave the name INDIANS to the native people living in the lands that he explored?
Christopher Newport
Christopher Columbus
Juan Ponce de Leon
Jacques Cartier
All of the following are rights Thomas Jefferson said belong to people except
life
liberty
peace
pursuit of happiness
Natural resources (things formed by nature such as trees, water, coal or natural gas) can also be called---
services
opportunity costs
raw materials
capital goods
Who MOST LIKELY said, "If you don't work, you don't eat," to the early settlers of Jamestown in order to make them work?
Captain John Smith
Christopher Newport
Christopher Columbus
King James I
What did Jefferson mean when he said "all people are created equal?"
No one should own more than another person
Everyone should pay the same amount in taxes.
Everyone has the right to be treated fairly.
No one is better than another person in sports, looks or intelligence.
What are the three main economic resources used for making, selling, and using goods and services?
soil, water, air
money, barter, credit
natural, human, capital
gold, silver, bronze
Since the settlers did not know how to provide for themselves and many lacked survival skills, what happened to the settlers?
their drinking water was not safe
many settlers starved
many settlers died
they had no medicines
In which direction would you travel from Richmond to reach Kentucky?
north
south
east
west
In which direction would you travel to travel from Virginia to Maryland?
north
south
east
west
Which document states that only people have the power to govern?
Declarations of Independence
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
The Bill of Rights
Goods that are made by manufacturing them or growing them can be referred to as
raw materials
cash crops
products
credit
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
George Mason
James Madison
King James I didn't want Spain or France to become more powerful than England, so he granted permission for the colony to be established to increase England's
food supply
spice supply
oil supply
power and wealth
Colonists explored the river north of the James, but they had to turn back when they reached a sharp rise in the land. What most likely stopped them from exploring farther?
Indians
mountains
waterfalls
the ocean
How did the success of tobacco as a cash crop change life in the Virginia colony?
Everyone in the colony became a wealthy planter.
People began to think about independence from England.
Colonists developed lung cancer.
The colony became dependent upon slavery.
The first African men and women taken to VA against their will were captured in present day Angola by---
the crew of the Discovery
the English king
stockholders of the Virginia Company of London
Portuguese sailors
A piece of land bordered by water on three sides is called a ---
plateau
piedmont
peninsula
plain
What did the charters that the king granted the VA Company of London promise the settlers they would have?
language gooks for the natives
the same rights as all Englishmen
women to marry
new tax laws
England wanted colonies for all of the following EXCEPT--
hoped to find silver and gold
needed new trade markets
wanted good seafood
needed raw materials not found in England
Which of the following BEST characterizes VA's climate?
little change in weather from day to day
hot, hot, hot half the year and cold, cold, cold the other half
mild with four seasons
rainy with a monsoon season
Who's strong leadership and forced work program helped Jamestown survive?
Christopher Newport
King James I
Powhatan
Captain John Smith
What was the settlers' greatest problem in having success with growing tobacco?
Virginia's weather
poor soil
labor
wild animals eating it
Who paid for the ships that carried the settlers, along with the tools, weapons, food, and animals necessary for them to establish a colony?
stockholders of the Virginia Company of London
King James I
Christopher Newport and Captain John Smith
shareholders in the Colonial Venture Program
Which of the following is NOT a reason why the settlers chose the site they did for Jamestown?
It could be easily defended from attack by sea.
They believed there was plenty of fresh water.
There was a nearby Indian village willing to give them food.
Ships could dock in the deep water along the shore.
In 1619, the governor of Virginia called for a meeting that established the first elected legislative body in English America. What is this system of government called?
direct democracy
monarchy
representative democrazy
stockholder legislation
All of the following are reasons Jamestown survived EXCEPT--
strong leadership
emphasis on agriculture
a forced work program
good health conditions
Of the following bodies of water, which were bodies of water used by the settlers to travel back and forth between Jamestown and England?
James River
Chesapeake Bay
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
In 1619, a meeting called by the governor included two representatives from each of the divisions of VA. What were the representatives called?
burgesses
senators
governors
royalists
Who first began to trade with the natives and established a good relationship with them?
Christopher Newport
Pocahontas
Captain John Smith
Africans
