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VA Studies SOL Review 1

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the first people to live in Virginia?

a)

African Americans

b)

English

c)

Spanish

d)

American Indians

2.

We know a lot about American Indians because of

a)

the books they wrote

b)

their architecture

c)

artifacts

d)

the crops they grew

3.

What is a charter?

a)

a chart used by a ship's captain

b)

a set of directions

c)

a paper showing that someone owes

d)

a written agreement

4.

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

a)

economic variable

b)

economic vacuum

c)

economic venture

d)

economic vengeance

5.

Christopher Newport, an explorer founded the first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607. Where was it located?

a)

Quebec

b)

Newport News

c)

St. Augustine

d)

Jamestown

6.

Who had the power to grant the charter that established Jamestown in North America?

a)

The Virginia Company of London

b)

Christopher Newport

c)

King James I of England

d)

Queen Isabella of Spain

7.

People (investors) who buy shares of a company are known as its----

a)

financial advisors

b)

corporate lawyers

c)

stockholders

d)

sponsors

8.

Who gave the name INDIANS to the native people living in the lands that he explored?

a)

Christopher Newport

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Juan Ponce de Leon

d)

Jacques Cartier

9.

All of the following are rights Thomas Jefferson said belong to people except

a)

life

b)

liberty

c)

peace

d)

pursuit of happiness

10.

Natural resources (things formed by nature such as trees, water, coal or natural gas) can also be called---

a)

services

b)

opportunity costs

c)

raw materials

d)

capital goods

11.

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?

a)

Captain John Smith

b)

Christopher Newport

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

King James I

12.

What did Jefferson mean when he said "all people are created equal?"

a)

No one should own more than another person

b)

Everyone should pay the same amount in taxes.

c)

Everyone has the right to be treated fairly.

d)

No one is better than another person in sports, looks or intelligence.

13.

What are the three main economic resources used for making, selling, and using goods and services?

a)

soil, water, air

b)

money, barter, credit

c)

natural, human, capital

d)

gold, silver, bronze

14.

Since the settlers did not know how to provide for themselves and many lacked survival skills, what happened to the settlers?

a)

their drinking water was not safe

b)

many settlers starved

c)

many settlers died

d)

they had no medicines

15.

In which direction would you travel from Richmond to reach Kentucky?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

16.

In which direction would you travel to travel from Virginia to Maryland?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

17.

Which document states that only people have the power to govern?

a)

Declarations of Independence

b)

The Virginia Declaration of Rights

c)

The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

d)

The Bill of Rights

18.

Goods that are made by manufacturing them or growing them can be referred to as

a)

raw materials

b)

cash crops

c)

products

d)

credit

19.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Mason

d)

James Madison

20.

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

a)

food supply

b)

spice supply

c)

oil supply

d)

power and wealth

21.

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?

a)

Indians

b)

mountains

c)

waterfalls

d)

the ocean

22.

How did the success of tobacco as a cash crop change life in the Virginia colony?

a)

Everyone in the colony became a wealthy planter.

b)

People began to think about independence from England.

c)

Colonists developed lung cancer.

d)

The colony became dependent upon slavery.

23.

The first African men and women taken to VA against their will were captured in present day Angola by---

a)

the crew of the Discovery

b)

the English king

c)

stockholders of the Virginia Company of London

d)

Portuguese sailors

24.

A piece of land bordered by water on three sides is called a ---

a)

plateau

b)

piedmont

c)

peninsula

d)

plain

25.

What did the charters that the king granted the VA Company of London promise the settlers they would have?

a)

language gooks for the natives

b)

the same rights as all Englishmen

c)

women to marry

d)

new tax laws

26.

England wanted colonies for all of the following EXCEPT--

a)

hoped to find silver and gold

b)

needed new trade markets

c)

wanted good seafood

d)

needed raw materials not found in England

27.

Which of the following BEST characterizes VA's climate?

a)

little change in weather from day to day

b)

hot, hot, hot half the year and cold, cold, cold the other half

c)

mild with four seasons

d)

rainy with a monsoon season

28.

Who's strong leadership and forced work program helped Jamestown survive?

a)

Christopher Newport

b)

King James I

c)

Powhatan

d)

Captain John Smith

29.

What was the settlers' greatest problem in having success with growing tobacco?

a)

Virginia's weather

b)

poor soil

c)

labor

d)

wild animals eating it

30.

Who paid for the ships that carried the settlers, along with the tools, weapons, food, and animals necessary for them to establish a colony?

a)

stockholders of the Virginia Company of London

b)

King James I

c)

Christopher Newport and Captain John Smith

d)

shareholders in the Colonial Venture Program

31.

Which of the following is NOT a reason why the settlers chose the site they did for Jamestown?

a)

It could be easily defended from attack by sea.

b)

They believed there was plenty of fresh water.

c)

There was a nearby Indian village willing to give them food.

d)

Ships could dock in the deep water along the shore.

32.

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?

a)

direct democracy

b)

monarchy

c)

representative democrazy

d)

stockholder legislation

33.

All of the following are reasons Jamestown survived EXCEPT--

a)

strong leadership

b)

emphasis on agriculture

c)

a forced work program

d)

good health conditions

34.

Of the following bodies of water, which were bodies of water used by the settlers to travel back and forth between Jamestown and England?

a)

James River

b)

Chesapeake Bay

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

35.

In 1619, a meeting called by the governor included two representatives from each of the divisions of VA. What were the representatives called?

a)

burgesses

b)

senators

c)

governors

d)

royalists

36.

Who first began to trade with the natives and established a good relationship with them?

a)

Christopher Newport

b)

Pocahontas

c)

Captain John Smith

d)

Africans