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WorksheetsMega Review - VA Studies
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Class
Date
1.
What are the three major language groups of the native peoples of Virginia?
a)
Cherokee, Monacan, Powhatan
b)
Siouan, Monacan, Cherokee
c)
Algonquian, Siouan, Iroquoian
d)
Alonquian, Coastal Plain, Tidewater
2.
Which language group did the Cherokee belong to?
a)
Filipino
b)
Algonquian
c)
Iroquoian
d)
Siouan
3.
Which Indian group lived in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region?
a)
Algonquian
b)
Siouan
c)
Iroquoian
d)
Filipino
4.
Which language group did the Monacan belong to?
a)
Algonquian
b)
Siouan
c)
Iroquoian
d)
Filipino
5.
Who named the native people "Indians"?
a)
King George
b)
King James
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Chief Powhatan
6.
Which region is shaded in red?
a)
Coastal Plain
b)
Piedmont
c)
Appalachian Plateau
d)
Valley and Ridge
7.
What are the four major rivers in Virginia?
a)
Nile, Mississippi, York, Colorado
b)
James, Potomac, Rappahannock, York
c)
Potomac, Colorado, York, James
d)
James, Potomac, York, Mississippi
8.
Which region is shaded in purple?
a)
Coastal Plain
b)
Piedmont
c)
Appalachian Plateau
d)
Valley and Ridge
9.
Which region is shaded in yellow?
a)
Coastal Plain
b)
Piedmont
c)
Appalachian Plateau
d)
Valley and Ridge
10.
What is the best example of a cultural landscape?
a)
Tree
b)
Cow
c)
Barn
d)
Tractor
11.
The area of West Virginia became a state because-
a)
it's people opposed slavery
b)
Abraham Lincoln was elected
c)
its people supported women's suffrage
d)
John Brown caused a slave revolt
12.
Which number marks the region where the first Scots-Irish immigrants settled?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
13.
Which group would most likely have supported this type of meeting?
a)
Industrialists
b)
Abolitionists
c)
Plantation Owners
d)
Confederate Soldiers
14.
The first settlers founded Jamestown on-
a)
an island
b)
an isthmus
c)
a peninsula
d)
a strait
15.
The charters of the Virginia Company of London gave-
a)
property rights to women
b)
religious freedom to slaves
c)
English rights to the colonists
d)
land to teh American Indians
16.
Who raided the arsenal at Harper's Ferry (present day West VA) in an attempt to start a slave rebellion?
a)
Nat Turner
b)
John Brown
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
James Lafayette
17.
What river flows through Richmond?
a)
York
b)
James
c)
Rappahannock
d)
Potomac
18.
What became Jamestown's "gold"?
a)
gold
b)
tobaccco
c)
water
d)
tomatoes
19.
What rule did John Smith make that saved the settlement?
a)
If you do not work, you do not eat.
b)
Treat others as you want to be treated.
c)
If you find gold, you get to keep it.
d)
You cannot have a raccoon as a pet.
20.
In what year was Jamestown settled?
a)
1492
b)
1607
c)
1608
d)
2081
21.
Who GRANTED charters which allowed for settlement in North America and for continued English rights for settlers?
a)
King of England
b)
Virginia Company of London
c)
John Smith
d)
Powhatan
22.
Who PAID for the settlement of Jamestown?
a)
King of England
b)
Powhatan
c)
Virginia Company of London
d)
John Smith
23.
Barns, churches and houses are all examples of _____ that reflect different cultures.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Architecture
24.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Tom the cat
d)
Thomas the train
25.
Who was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army?
a)
George Washington
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
James Armistead
d)
Jack Jouett
26.
Who spoke out against taxation and said, "Give me liberty or give me death?"
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Ben Franklin
c)
James Madison
d)
Patrick Henry
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