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WorksheetsVA Studies SOL Review 3
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
Her Christian name was Rebecca. She helped the colonists survive by acting as a contact between them and the native peoples. What was her American name?
Powhatan
Pocahantas
Potomac
Burgess
What does the word PIEDMONT mean?
a pie-shaped mountain
land at the foot of the mountain
land over the mountain
land with stones
Jamestown's economy centered on tobacco. In order to be successful, tobacco planters needed----
more ships to send the tobacco to England
cigarette factories
a source of labor that would be steady, but not very expensive
tractors
What is the area in SW Virginia that is elevated, flat on top, and is just a small part of a much larger area that includes other states?
Tidewater
Piedmont
Eastern Shore
Appalachian Plateau
How did the Virginia colony solve its need for workers on the tobacco plantations?
Tractors were invented.
The wife and children of the planter worked in the fields.
Large numbers of Africans were brought to Virginia against their will.
Everyone worked, or they didn't eat.
Based on the fact that men, women, and children were brought to the colony against their will, which of the following is the BEST statement?
Slave traders kept families together.
Even children were forced to work on plantations.
There was no need for chains on women and children.
Women and children wold make the colony permanent.
What large body of water is along the eastern border of Virginia?
James River
Potomac River
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
When you buy now and pay later, it is called---
money
debt
credit
savings
This is a medium of exchange--currency, coins, paper bills-- is called
money
debt
credit
savings
Money, a good, or a service owed by someone is known as--
money
debt
credit
savings
Money put away to spend later is called--
money
debr
credit
savings
Which Indian language group was the first in VA to have contact with the English?
Powhatan
Pocahantas
Algonquian
Pawmonkey
To let the king of England know they wanted independence, the colonists wrote a document that stated authority to govern belongs to the people. What was that document?
Virginia Declaration of Rights
The Declaration of Independence
House of Burgesses
none of the above
Which group of people had no rights, worked tobacco, crops, and livestock?
enslaved Africans
a few white Virginians
most white Virginians
free African-Amercians
True or False? Virginia's Coastal Plain/Tidewater is west of the Fall Line.
True
False
True or False? The Piedmont Region is west of the Fall Line.
True
False
True or False? The Appalachian Plateau is in Southwest Virginia.
True
False
True or False? The Valley and Ridge and Blue Ridge Mountains are part of the Appalachians.
True
False
The House of Burgesses met separately from the Governor's Council by the 1640s. This was important because it established _______ of the General Assembly.
one legislative body
the governor's absolute authority and control
two legislative bodies
the process of electing the leader
In colonial Virginia, plantation owners usually paid for goods and services with--
good looks
money
tobacco
wampum
What did James Lafayette receive after the Revolutionary War when he asked for it?
the command of a ship
a house and land
his freedom
a wife
Where are the waterfalls that prevent further travel on the river?
Blue Ridge Mountains
Great Dismal Swamp
Chesapeake Bay
Fall Line
In today's VA government, which of the following dates back to the establishment of the House of Burgesses?
Office of the Governor
Governor's Cabinet
Virginia General Assembly
Governor's Council
Which was the first land battle fought in Virginia during the American Revolution?
Battle of Great Bridge
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Bunker Hill
Valley Forge
After what battle of the American Revolution did the governor flee from Norfolk?
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Great Bridge
Battle of Sandbridge
From whom did Virginia get the model for its government?
Spain
France
England
Powhatan
All of the following are about George Washington EXCEPT
strong leader
served as a model for all future presidents of the United States
the "Father of our Country"
fled from Norfolk
Which state borders Virginia to the SOUTH?
Maryland
Kentucky
West Virginia
North Carolina
Who wrote the document that served as one model for the Bill of Rights, said Virginians have many rights, including the freedoms of press and religion?
George Washington
George Mason
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
True or False? In colonial Virginia, people always bought needed goods and services using paper money and coins.
True
False
True or False? Manufacturing was the primary source of wealth in colonial Virginia.
True
False
Which of the following events would occur FIRST on a timeline?
Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Additional women arrived to make Jamestown permanent.
Jamestown was founded.
An elected legislative body in America met for the first time.
What is the name of the peninsula with flat land that is bordered by the Atlantic on the east and the Chesapeake Bay to the west?
East Chesapeake
Newport News
Coastal Plain
Eastern Shore
Who rode on horseback over rough back roads to warn Governor Jefferson and the General Assembly that the British were on their way to arrest them?
Christopher Newport
James Madison
Jack Jouett
James Lafayette
Where did many early Virginia settlements develop?
Appalachian Plateau
Mississippi River
Fall Line
Great Valley
The General Assembly was separated into two legislative bodies around 1640. What was the body of representatives called?
Virginia Congress
Senate
House of Burgesses
Governor's Council
What kind of resources are wood, wool and leather?
natural
human
capital
real
