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quick quizzes 8, 9 and 10

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This interstate highway connects Morgantown and Cumberland, MD.

a)

Interstate 77

b)

Interstate 68

c)

Interstate 79

d)

Interstae 64

2.

This West Virginia county was named for the author of the Declaration of Independence.

a)

Jefferson

b)

Monroe

c)

Mercer

d)

Grant

3.

Among the pioneer scientists of West Virginia was Israel C. White, whose most outstanding contribution to the State's economic progress was his:

a)

application of the anticlinal theory of oil and gas accumulations.

b)

use for new products for wood

c)

research to discover the geology and the physical and chemical properties of coal, oil, and gas.

d)

studies of the flora of West Virginia.

4.

On July 11, 1861, Union troops under this brigadier general defeated a Confederate force at the Battle of Rich Mountain.

a)

William S. Rosecrans

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Stonewall Jackson

5.

The Greenbrier resort is located in what West Virginia community?

a)

Lewisburg

b)

White Sulphur Springs

c)

Marmet

d)

Wheeling

6.

Who was the first West Virginia native to serve as president of the United Mine Workers?

a)

Arnold Miller

b)

Rick Trumka

c)

Tony Boyle

d)

Cecil Roberts

7.

This Putnam County community was named for the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

a)

Eleanor

b)

Ruth

c)

Sydney

d)

Marshall

8.

The West Virginia State Fair is held in this community.

a)

Fairlea

b)

White Sulphir Springs

c)

Ravenswood

d)

Alderson

9.

The first national labor strike began in this West Virginia community

a)

Martinsburg

b)

Wheeling

c)

Harpers Ferry

d)

Pratt

10.

This county was named for a famous early frontiersman who lived in the Kanawha Valley from 1789 to 1795.

a)

Daniel Boone

b)

Lewis Wetzel

c)

Isreal Putnam

d)

Abraham Lincoln

11.

This golf legend served as the golf professional at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs.

a)

Sam Snead

b)

Tiger Woods

c)

Arnold Palmer

d)

Edward Bland

12.

This resident of Hurricane was the nominee of the Prohibition Party for the presidential election in 2012.

a)

Lowell Jackson “Jack” Fellure

b)

Donald Truomp

c)

Robin Davis

d)

Barbara Jo Rubin

13.

On June 24, 1776, Virginia’s Committee of Safety sent 13 prisoners captured from the British sloop Oxford to this present-day West Virginia county.

a)

Berkeley

b)

Ohio

c)

Greenbrier

d)

Kanawha

14.

As proposed, Cass Scenic Railroad had this longer name.

a)

Cass, Greenbrier, Cheat and Bald Knob Scenic Railroad

b)

West Virginia Pulp and Paper Scenic Railroad

c)

Bald Knob Allegheny Mountain Scenic Railroad

d)

Cass Whittaker Scenic Railroad

15.

M. Marsh and Son of Wheeling manufactured this.

a)

Stogies

b)

TOy trains

c)

Marbles

d)

nAILS

16.

What Confederate general from West Virginia was responsible for the burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania during the Civil War?

a)

John McCausland

b)

Albert Jenkins

c)

Stonewall Jackson

d)

Rober E Leee

17.

What was the name of the proposed 14th colony which included most of West Virginia?

a)

Vandalia

b)

Marshall

c)

Allegheny Heights

d)

West Dominion