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VA Studies SOL Review 3

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

Powhatan

b)

Pocahantas

c)

Potomac

d)

Burgess

2.

What does the word PIEDMONT mean?

a)

a pie-shaped mountain

b)

land at the foot of the mountain

c)

land over the mountain

d)

land with stones

3.

Jamestown's economy centered on tobacco. In order to be successful, tobacco planters needed----

a)

more ships to send the tobacco to England

b)

cigarette factories

c)

a source of labor that would be steady, but not very expensive

d)

tractors

4.

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?

a)

Tidewater

b)

Piedmont

c)

Eastern Shore

d)

Appalachian Plateau

5.

How did the Virginia colony solve its need for workers on the tobacco plantations?

a)

Tractors were invented.

b)

The wife and children of the planter worked in the fields.

c)

Large numbers of Africans were brought to Virginia against their will.

d)

Everyone worked, or they didn't eat.

6.

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?

a)

Slave traders kept families together.

b)

Even children were forced to work on plantations.

c)

There was no need for chains on women and children.

d)

Women and children wold make the colony permanent.

7.

What large body of water is along the eastern border of Virginia?

a)

James River

b)

Potomac River

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

8.

When you buy now and pay later, it is called---

a)

money

b)

debt

c)

credit

d)

savings

9.

This is a medium of exchange--currency, coins, paper bills-- is called

a)

money

b)

debt

c)

credit

d)

savings

10.

Money, a good, or a service owed by someone is known as--

a)

money

b)

debt

c)

credit

d)

savings

11.

Money put away to spend later is called--

a)

money

b)

debr

c)

credit

d)

savings

12.

Which Indian language group was the first in VA to have contact with the English?

a)

Powhatan

b)

Pocahantas

c)

Algonquian

d)

Pawmonkey

13.

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?

a)

Virginia Declaration of Rights

b)

The Declaration of Independence

c)

House of Burgesses

d)

none of the above

14.

Which group of people had no rights, worked tobacco, crops, and livestock?

a)

enslaved Africans

b)

a few white Virginians

c)

most white Virginians

d)

free African-Amercians

15.

True or False? Virginia's Coastal Plain/Tidewater is west of the Fall Line.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

True or False? The Piedmont Region is west of the Fall Line.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

True or False? The Appalachian Plateau is in Southwest Virginia.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

True or False? The Valley and Ridge and Blue Ridge Mountains are part of the Appalachians.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The House of Burgesses met separately from the Governor's Council by the 1640s. This was important because it established _______ of the General Assembly.

a)

one legislative body

b)

the governor's absolute authority and control

c)

two legislative bodies

d)

the process of electing the leader

20.

In colonial Virginia, plantation owners usually paid for goods and services with--

a)

good looks

b)

money

c)

tobacco

d)

wampum

21.

What did James Lafayette receive after the Revolutionary War when he asked for it?

a)

the command of a ship

b)

a house and land

c)

his freedom

d)

a wife

22.

Where are the waterfalls that prevent further travel on the river?

a)

Blue Ridge Mountains

b)

Great Dismal Swamp

c)

Chesapeake Bay

d)

Fall Line

23.

In today's VA government, which of the following dates back to the establishment of the House of Burgesses?

a)

Office of the Governor

b)

Governor's Cabinet

c)

Virginia General Assembly

d)

Governor's Council

24.

Which was the first land battle fought in Virginia during the American Revolution?

a)

Battle of Great Bridge

b)

Battle of Yorktown

c)

Battle of Bunker Hill

d)

Valley Forge

25.

After what battle of the American Revolution did the governor flee from Norfolk?

a)

Battle of Yorktown

b)

Battle of Bunker Hill

c)

Battle of Great Bridge

d)

Battle of Sandbridge

26.

From whom did Virginia get the model for its government?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Powhatan

27.

All of the following are about George Washington EXCEPT

a)

strong leader

b)

served as a model for all future presidents of the United States

c)

the "Father of our Country"

d)

fled from Norfolk

28.

Which state borders Virginia to the SOUTH?

a)

Maryland

b)

Kentucky

c)

West Virginia

d)

North Carolina

29.

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?

a)

George Washington

b)

George Mason

c)

James Madison

d)

Thomas Jefferson

30.

True or False? In colonial Virginia, people always bought needed goods and services using paper money and coins.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

True or False? Manufacturing was the primary source of wealth in colonial Virginia.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Which of the following events would occur FIRST on a timeline?

a)

Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.

b)

Additional women arrived to make Jamestown permanent.

c)

Jamestown was founded.

d)

An elected legislative body in America met for the first time.

33.

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?

a)

East Chesapeake

b)

Newport News

c)

Coastal Plain

d)

Eastern Shore

34.

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?

a)

Christopher Newport

b)

James Madison

c)

Jack Jouett

d)

James Lafayette

35.

Where did many early Virginia settlements develop?

a)

Appalachian Plateau

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Fall Line

d)

Great Valley

36.

The General Assembly was separated into two legislative bodies around 1640. What was the body of representatives called?

a)

Virginia Congress

b)

Senate

c)

House of Burgesses

d)

Governor's Council

37.

What kind of resources are wood, wool and leather?

a)

natural

b)

human

c)

capital

d)

real