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WorksheetsVS SOL Review
Total questions: 93
Worksheet time: 2hrs 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many states border Virginia?
a)
6
b)
4
c)
5
d)
7
2.
Which region has rolling hills and is west of the Fall Line?
a)
Piedmont
b)
Coastal Plain
c)
Blue Ridge Mountains
d)
Appalachian Plateau
3.
Which region has flat land and is east of the Fall Line?
a)
Piedmont
b)
Coastal Plain
c)
Appalachian Plateau
d)
Valley and Ridge
4.
The natural border between the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont regions is called ______.
a)
border states
b)
waterfalls
c)
the divide
d)
Fall Line
5.
Which city is located along the Rappahannock River?
a)
Yorktown
b)
Fredericksburg
c)
Alexandria
d)
Richmond
6.
Which body of water separates Virginia's mainland from the Eastern Shore?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Chesapeake Bay
d)
James River
7.
Which region is best known for seafood, peanuts, shipbuilding and tourism?
a)
Piedmont
b)
Coastal Plain
c)
Blue Ridge Mountains
d)
Valley and Ridge
8.
A tobacco farmer most likely lives in which region of Virginia?
a)
Piedmont
b)
Coastal Plain
c)
Blue Ridge Mountains
d)
Valley and Ridge
9.
What region is best known for producing apples?
a)
Piedmont
b)
Coastal Plain
c)
Blue Ridge Mountains
d)
Appalachian Plateau
10.
The Appalachian Plateau is best known for which industry?
a)
recreation
b)
farming
c)
coal mining
d)
information technology
11.
What were the 3 major language groups of Virginia?
a)
Cherokee, Monacan, Powhatan
b)
Algonquian, Siouan, Iroquoian
12.
Which American Indians were mostly located in the Piedmont region?
a)
Algonquian
b)
Iroquoian
c)
Siouan
13.
The Powhatan were part of which region?
a)
Piedmont
b)
Southwest Virginia
c)
Coastal Plain
14.
What language did the Cherokee speak?
a)
Iroquoian
b)
Siouan
c)
Algonquian
15.
In which season did Virginia's Indians harvest crops?
a)
fall
b)
summer
c)
winter
d)
spring
16.
Which type of environment covered most of the land in colonial Virginia?
a)
mountains
b)
plains
c)
forests
d)
deserts
17.
People who study all kinds of material evidence left by people from the past are _______.
a)
historians
b)
scientists
c)
teachers
d)
archaeologists
18.
A large Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before the English settlement was _________.
a)
Powhatan
b)
Fredericksburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Werowocomoco
19.
Which 2 regions do current state recognized tribes live in?
a)
Coastal Plain & Blue Ridge Mountains
b)
Coastal Plain & Piedmont
c)
Piedmont & Valley and Ridge
d)
Appalachian Plateau & Coastal Plain
20.
Today, in which region of Virginia is the Monacan Tribe located?
a)
Coastal Plain
b)
Piedmont
c)
Valley & Ridge
d)
Appalachian Plateau
21.
Which of the following choices was not a reason that England started a colony in Jamestown?
a)
Increase wealth and power
b)
Find raw materials
c)
Trade with other countries
d)
To get a new King
22.
Why did so many colonists die?
a)
Because of their relations with the Native Americans
b)
The environment and the settlers lack of skills
23.
In what year was Jamestown settled?
a)
1492
b)
1607
c)
1776
d)
2007
24.
Who said, "If you don't work, then you don't eat!"?
a)
Chief Powhatan
b)
Christopher Newport
c)
Lord De La Warr
d)
Captain John Smith
25.
Because Africans arrived in Jamestown what was the effect or what happened?
a)
More families could be started
b)
The English could grow more tobacco and make more money
26.
A document granted by the King that gives rights to settlers is called...
a)
Charter
b)
Declaration
c)
Constitution
d)
Bill of Rights
27.
A group came to Jamestown and helped establish families. Who were they?
a)
Women
b)
Africans
c)
Germans
d)
Spanish
28.
Jamestown was originally on a ___________ but now it is _________.
a)
island, peninsula
b)
peninsula, island
c)
plateau, mountain
d)
mountain, plateau
29.
In which region(s) did English immigrants primarily settle?
a)
Piedmont
b)
Blue Ridge Mountians
c)
Coastal Plain
d)
Valley and Ridge
30.
This is trading / exchanging of goods and services without the use of money.
a)
Credit
b)
Money
c)
Barter
d)
Loans
31.
Where were the American Indians settled in Virginia?
a)
South Western Virginia
b)
Tidewater Region
c)
Through out Virginia
d)
THe mountains of Virginia
32.
In which region(s) were Africans forced to settle because their labor was needed in tobacco agriculture?
a)
Blue Ridge Mountains
b)
Coastal Plain
c)
Eastern Shore
d)
Piedmont
33.
Where did German and Scots-Irish immigrants primarily settle?
a)
Tidewater
b)
Piedmont
c)
Shenandoah Valley
d)
Appalachian Plateau
34.
What is the best example of cultural landscape?
a)
Tree
b)
Cow
c)
Barn
d)
Tractor
35.
Scots-Irish settlers primarily made their homes in the Shenandoah Valley because it was...
a)
near the capital
b)
near the border of Tennesee
c)
along the migration route
d)
near the Chesapeake Bay
36.
Which name shows the influence of American Indian culture?
a)
Richmond
b)
Roanoke
c)
Jamestown
d)
Washington D.C.
37.
What was one reason the Virginia capital was moved from Williamsburg to Richmond?
a)
Richmond had cleaner drinking water
b)
Richmond was a more central location
c)
Richmond had a smaller population
d)
Richmond was close to the Chesapeake Bay
38.
What is a good or service owed to another person?
a)
debt
b)
credit
c)
money
d)
savings
39.
Which of the following was NOT a reason the capital of VA moved from Williamsburg to Richmond?
a)
centrally located
b)
fires destroyed homes
c)
further inland from attack by English
d)
better location for trade
40.
What form of exchange was NOT commonly used in the VA colony?
a)
barter
b)
credit
c)
money
d)
savings
41.
What culture is reflected in the places names of Richmond, Jamestown, Williamsburg?
a)
Native Americans
b)
English
c)
Germans and Scots-Irish
d)
Africans
42.
Where did most people get their clothes in colonial Virginia?
a)
Old Navy
b)
Target
c)
Made their own
d)
The Indians
43.
As Virginia's population grew, in which direction did they move?
a)
West
b)
North
c)
South
d)
East
44.
Which document states all people are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
a)
The Virginia charters
b)
The Constitution
c)
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
d)
The Declaration of Independence
45.
Which is true?
a)
Loyalists were loyal to the King.
b)
Loyalists were loyal to the colonies.
c)
Patriots were patriotic to the King.
d)
Patriots were British soldiers.
46.
Who was famous for speaking out against taxation without representation?
a)
John Smith
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Patrick Henry
47.
Colonists who chose to side with the British were known as-
a)
Redcoats
b)
Loyalists
c)
Neutrals
d)
Patriots
48.
Who rode horseback through the woods to warn Thomas Jefferson that the British were coming to arrest him?
a)
George Washington
b)
Jack Jouett
c)
James Armistead Lafayette
d)
James Madison
49.
What was the last battle of the American Revolution?
a)
The Battle of Great Bridge
b)
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
c)
The Battle of Yorktown
d)
The Battle of New Market
50.
What was the first land battle fought in Virginia?
a)
Yorktown
b)
Great Bridge
c)
Jamestown
d)
Richmond
51.
Who served as a spy for the Continental Army and after the war successfully requested and was granted his freedom?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
James Layfayette
d)
John Smith
52.
Who was known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
a)
George Washington
b)
James Madion
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Mason
53.
Who was known for providing strong leadership and modeled leadership for future presidents?
a)
George Washington
b)
James Madison
c)
George Mason
d)
Thomas Jefferson
54.
Who was known for his skills at compromise and played an important role during the writing of the Constitution?
a)
George Washington
b)
James Madison
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Mason
55.
Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
a)
George Washington
b)
James Madison
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Mason
56.
What was the primary reason farmers were looking for new farm land?
a)
The farms were too small.
b)
Tobacco farming was hard on the soil.
c)
Tobacco farming needed more land.
d)
The cotton gin was invented.
57.
What did settlers take with them as they moved westward?
a)
traditions
b)
ideas
c)
cultures
d)
all of the above
58.
The economy in the northern part of the United States was ________ and depended on manufacturing.
a)
agricultural
b)
trading
c)
industrialized
59.
The economy in the southern part if the United States was agricultural and relied on ______.
a)
slave labor
b)
water power
c)
factories
60.
________ campaigned or worked to get the United States government to end slavery.
a)
Politicians
b)
Abolitionists
c)
Crusaders
61.
_____ led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia in 1831.
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Nat Turner
c)
John Brown
62.
_____ established a secret route that runaway slaves took to free states or to Canada.
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Freedom Trail
c)
Turner Route
63.
John Brown led a raid on the United States Armory (Arsenal) at _____, Virginia in 1859.
a)
Williamsburg
b)
Harpers Ferry
c)
Richmond
64.
The capital of the Confederacy was ____.
a)
Washington
b)
Williamsburg
c)
Richmond
65.
Virginians were divided about secession from the Union which led to the formation of ____.
a)
Tennessee
b)
West Virginia
c)
Kentucky
66.
Who was President of the United States of America during the Civil War?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Jefferson Davis
67.
The Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia who defeated Union troops in a battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1862 was General ________.
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Stonewall Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
68.
President Lincoln used the Union navy to blockade southern ports. An important sea battle between two iron-clad ships, the ____ (Union) and the _____ (Confederate) took place in waters near Hampton and Norfolk.
a)
Monitor, Manassas
b)
Monitor, Merrimack
c)
Saratoga, Merrimack
69.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
The North (Union)
b)
the "freed slaves"
c)
The South (Confederacy)
70.
When did the Civil War end?
a)
April, 1864
b)
April, 1863
c)
April, 1865
71.
After the Civil War, which industry led to economic growth in southwestern Virginia?
a)
Tobacco
b)
Tourism
c)
Agricultural
d)
Mining
72.
The period following the Civil War is called
a)
Revolutionary War
b)
The Crying Years
c)
Civil Rights Movements
d)
Reconstruction
73.
All of the following were problems faced by the South during Reconstruction EXCEPT:
a)
Land was burned
b)
Money had no value
c)
Freed Slaves
d)
Tourism was down
74.
After the Civil War most poor farmers in the South who did not own land became-
a)
indentured servants
b)
factories owners
c)
sharecroppers
d)
slaves
75.
After Reconstruction, Jim Crow laws were passed mainly in the
a)
eastern states
b)
western states
c)
southern states
d)
northern states
76.
Which government agency was formed to help freed African Americans after the Civil War?
a)
FBI
b)
Treasury Department
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Sharecropping
77.
What caused the Freedmen's Bureau to become a valuable organization to poor white farmers and freed African Americans?
a)
Virginia's citizens needed a place to meet and make laws.
b)
Armed African Americans started rebellions across Virginia.
c)
Harriet Tubman established a secret route for African Americans.
d)
Newly freed African Americans and poor farmers had little food, clothing, shelter, and employment
78.
What is NOT an example of the effects of Jim Crow laws?
a)
African Americans and white children attended separate schools.
b)
Unfair poll taxes and voting tests were established to keep African American men from voting.
c)
African Americans were given the right to vote and hold office.
d)
African Americans were forced to use separate poor quality services such as drinking fountains, restrooms and restaurants.
79.
What key transportation development spurred economic growth during reconstruction?
a)
Interstate Highways
b)
Airplanes
c)
Railroads
d)
Bicycles
80.
Who led the Massive Resistance Movement against the integration of public schools?
a)
A. Linwood Holton
b)
L. Douglas Wilder
c)
Harry F. Byrd
d)
Oliver W. Hill
81.
What is the full equality of all races in the use of public facilities?
a)
integregation
b)
segregation
c)
desegregation
82.
In the case of "Brown v. Board of Education," the Supreme Court ruled...
a)
"separate but equal" public schools were constitutional.
b)
"separate but equal" public schools were unconstitutional.
83.
Which policy fought to "resist" the integration of public schools?
a)
Massive Resistance
b)
Civil Rights Movement
84.
Which movement fought to end Jim Crow laws and make racial discrimination illegal?
a)
Civil Rights Movement
b)
Massive Resistance
85.
In order to vote an African American male had to...
a)
take a voting test
b)
own their own land
86.
Which branch makes sure that laws do not go against the constitution?
a)
Judicial
b)
Executive
c)
Legislative
d)
Congress
87.
Which branch makes sure that VA state laws are carried out?
a)
Judicial
b)
Executive
c)
Legislative
d)
Congress
88.
Which branch makes Virginia state laws?
a)
Judicial
b)
Executive
c)
Legislative
d)
Parliament
89.
Who heads the executive branch?
a)
President
b)
Governor
c)
Supreme Court
d)
General Assembly
90.
What are the two parts of today's General Assembly?
a)
House of Representatives & Senate
b)
House of Burgesses & Senate
c)
House of Burgeses & Governor's Council
d)
House of Delegates & Senate
91.
In which region are government jobs more common?
a)
Valley and Ridge
b)
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
c)
Piedmont
d)
Blue Ridge Mountains
92.
In which region is there a large navy and military presence?
a)
Valley and Ridge
b)
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
c)
Piedmont
d)
Blue Ridge Mountains
93.
Which of the following products are NOT exported from Virginia?
a)
Coal and apples
b)
Tobacco and poultry
c)
Ships and coal
d)
Copper and banannas
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