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CSA Q2 Review

Total questions: 102

Worksheet time: 2hrs 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A human made object from a long time ago is called a(n) _____.

a)

fossil

b)

artifact

c)

bone

d)

stone

2.

Who studies the past by digging up artifacts?

a)

A construction worker

b)

A teacher

c)

An artifact

d)

An archaeologist

3.

What group lived in the Eastern Woodlands

a)

Lakota

b)

Iroquois

c)

Inuit

d)

Pueblo

4.

Places in temperate climates - like Virginia - have 4 seasons. The names of the 4 seasons are:

a)

Winter, Spring, Autumn, Fall

b)

Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

c)

Hiver, Spring, Ete, Fall

5.

The _________________ is the world around you, including the air, soil, water, plants, and animals.

a)

climate

b)

environment

c)

weather

d)

envision

6.

Natural resources come from nature, like water, trees, plans, or animals. All of the following are made with natural resources EXCEPT -

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
7.

Use the map to identify the American Indian language shown in yellow.

a)

Algonquin

b)

Siouan

c)

Iroquoian

d)

Navaho

8.

Use the map to identify the American Indian language shown in green.

a)

Algonquin

b)

Siouan

c)

Iroquoian

d)

Navaho

9.

Use the map to identify the American Indian language shown in orange.

a)

Algonquin

b)

Siouan

c)

Iroquoian

d)

Navaho

10.

The language the Powhatan tribe spoke was -

a)

Algonquin

b)

Siouan

c)

Iroquoian

d)

Navaho

11.

The language the Monacan tribe spoke was -

a)

Algonquin

b)

Siouan

c)

Iroquoian

d)

Navaho

12.

The language the Cherokee tribe spoke was -

a)

Algonquin

b)

Siouan

c)

Iroquoian

d)

Navaho

13.

American Indians (also called Native Americans) were the first peoples in Virginia.

a)

✔︎ True

b)

✖️ False

14.

In what season did Native Americans hunt, fish, and pick berries?

a)

Spring

b)

Summer

c)

Winter

d)

Fall

15.

In what season did Native Americans harvest crops and store food?

a)

Spring

b)

Summer

c)

Winter

d)

Fall

16.

In the winter, Native Americans _______.

a)

hunted, fished, picked berries

b)

lived off of stored foods and hunted small birds and animals

c)

planted corn, squash, and beans

d)

harvested food and preserved/stored food

17.

In the summer, Native Americans _______.

a)

hunted, fished, picked berries

b)

lived off of stored foods and hunted small birds and animals

c)

grew corn, squash, and beans

d)

harvested food and preserved/stored food

18.

What were all Virginia Native Americans called?

a)

Western Woodland Indians

b)

Iroquois

c)

Eastern Woodland Indians

d)

Powhatan

19.

Who named the Native Americans "Indians" because he though he was in the Indies?

a)

Christopher Colombus

b)

Powhatan

c)

John Smith

d)

Christopher Newport

20.

Which describes Virginia's climate?

a)

Cold and rainy all the time

b)

mild with four distinct seasons

c)

Hot and dry

d)

Incredibly cold in winter and super hot and humid in summer

21.

Which is NOT true about Virginia's Native Americans?

a)

Do not believe in land ownership

b)

Had 3 major language groups

c)

Had clothes imported from Europe

d)

Closely connected to the land

22.

Which is NOT true about Native Americans today?

a)

Only live in the Piedmont region

b)

Live throughout Virginia

c)

Add new customs and traditions over time

d)

Still make pottery, jewelry, clothes, and music like their ancestors did

23.

Choose all that are true about Native Americans today.

a)

Maintain tribal museums

b)

Maintain land of their ancestors

c)

Have powwows where they practice their heritage and teach others

d)

Do not practice any traditions, customs, or make crafts of their ancestors

24.

What was the name of the large town the Powhatan used as their headquarters?

a)

Norfolk

b)

Chesapeake

c)

Kecoughtan

d)

Werowocomoco

25.

What do archeologists study?

a)

Fossils

b)

material evidence left from people who lived in the past

c)

Dinosaur bones

d)

Rocks, minerals, and ores

26.

Who sold stocks of their business to raise money to finance the Jamestown settlement?

a)

Christopher Newport

b)

John Smith

c)

Chief Powhatan

d)

Virginia Company of London

27.

In what year did the governor call the first meeting of the General Assembly?

a)

1607

b)

1619

c)

1620

d)

1640s

28.

What happened in the 1640s?

a)

The governor called a meeting of the General Assembly

b)

The burgesses became a separate legislative body

c)

The English colonized Jamestown

d)

Africans and women arrived in Jamestown

29.

When the burgesses became a separate legislative body what were they called?

a)

Continental Congress

b)

House of Delegates

c)

House of Burgesses

d)

General Assembly

30.

Which describes Jamestown in 1607?

a)

An island in the Chesapeake Bay

b)

An island in the James River

c)

A narrow peninsula bordered on three sides by the James River

d)

A narrow peninsula bordered on three sides by the Potomac River

e)

A narrow peninsula bordered on three sides by the Chesapeake Bay

31.

Who captured the African men and women?

a)

Christopher Newport

b)

English sailors

c)

Portuguese sailors

d)

American sailors

32.

Select all charters which were granted by the King of England.

a)

Gave settlers rights to worship as they please

b)

Gave the Virginia Company the right to establish a settlement in North America

c)

Gave the settlers the right to rule themselves

d)

Defined the physical boundaries of the colony

33.

From which present-day country were the Africans captured from?

a)

Angola

b)

Botswana

c)

Ethiopia

d)

Morocco

34.

Which group made it possible to expand Jamestown's tobacco economy?

a)

English

b)

Men

c)

Women

d)

Africans

35.

Which describes Jamestown in TODAY?

a)

An island in the Chesapeake Bay

b)

An island in the James River

c)

A narrow peninsula bordered on three sides by the James River

d)

A narrow peninsula bordered on three sides by the Potomac River

e)

A narrow peninsula bordered on three sides by the Chesapeake Bay

36.

The arrival of women made it possible to establish _________ at Jamestown.

a)

families

b)

the General Assembly

c)

tobacco fields

d)

relationships with the Natives

37.

Select all of the following which were hardships the Jamestown settlers faced.

a)

A drought at the time of the settlement caused lack of food

b)

Settlers lacked necessary survival skills

c)

Lack of money

d)

Many settlers died of starvation and disease

e)

They lacked safe drinking water

38.

____________ initiated (began) trading relationships with the Native Americans.

a)

King of England

b)

Pocahontas

c)

Captain John Smith

d)

Christopher Newport

39.

Choose all which are ways the native peoples contributed to the survival of Jamestown.

a)

Pocahontas served as a contact between the native peoples and English

b)

Powhatan taught the settlers survival skills

c)

Natives helped settlers find gold and silver

d)

Settlers taught the settlers survival skills

40.

Which of the following was NOT a reason for English colonization in America?

a)

Learn about the Native American culture

b)

To get raw materials from the New World (America)

c)

To find gold and silver

d)

To provide new materials for trade

e)

To gain wealth and power

41.

How did the Native peoples come to see the English when the settlements continued to grow?

a)

Tribal memebers

b)

Leaders

c)

Friends

d)

Invaders

42.

Colonial Virginia did not have banks and paper and coin money was rare. Most colonists used ________ as money?

a)

beads

b)

fur

c)

tobacco

d)

corn

43.

A good or service owed to another is a _____.

a)

credit

b)

cash crop

c)

debt

d)

money

44.

A crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers is known as a ____ ____.

a)

credit

b)

cash crop

c)

debt

d)

money

45.

When someone buys a good or service now and pays for it later, it is called ______.

a)

credit

b)

cash crop

c)

debt

d)

money

46.

A term for currency, which includes coins and paper bills is _____.

a)

credit

b)

cash crop

c)

debt

d)

money

47.

Colonial Virginia's primary source of wealth came from ______________.

a)

shipbuilding

b)

masonry

c)

agriculture

d)

industry

48.

_________ was often used as a form of currency in colonial Virginia.

a)

Corn

b)

Animal skins

c)

Tobacco

d)

Credit cards

49.

When a person trades one item they own with another item owned by someone else, it is known as ______.

a)

Currency

b)

Barter

c)

Savings

d)

Debt

50.
Money put away to save or spend later is called ____________.
a)
debt
b)
money
c)
credit
d)
savings
51.
Colonial Virginia had _______ banks.
a)
no
b)
few
c)
many
d)
15
52.
To move from one place to another
a)
migrate
b)
settle
c)
populate
53.
Name 3 examples of architecture that reflected different cultures
a)
storesbarnsschools
b)
barns, homes, places of worship
c)
places of worshipshopsfarms
54.
Which city in Virginia shows the influence of American Indians?
a)
Richmond
b)
Jamestown
c)
Roanoke
55.
Which city in Virginia shows the influence of English culture?
a)
Richmond
b)
Roanoke
c)
Hamilton
56.
The Native Americans mainly settled in which 3 regions?
a)
Tidewater,Piedmont,Appalachian Plateau
b)
Piedmont, Tidewater, Blue Ridge Mts
c)
Piedmont, Tidewater, Valley and Ridge
57.
The German Scot-Irish mainly settled in which area?
a)
Shenandoah Valley
b)
Piedmont
c)
Coastal Plain
58.
The German Scot-Irish mainly settled in which area?
a)
Shenandoah Valley
b)
Piedmont
c)
Coastal Plain
59.
The arrival of Europeans forced the American Indians to move......
a)
toward the ocean
b)
to California
c)
inland
60.
How many food choices did Colonial Americans have?
a)
Limited choices
b)
Unlimited choices
c)
none
61.
Most of the colonial houses were......
a)
plantations
b)
one-room houses
c)
2 levels
62.
Where did most of the Colonial Americans get their clothes from?
a)
from shops
b)
made them
c)
from England
63.
The English and Africans settled mostly in which 2 regions?
a)
Piedmont, Valley and Ridge
b)
Tidewater, Piedmont
c)
Tidewater, Blue Ridge Mts
64.

Enslaved African Americans had _______ basic rights

a)

limited

b)

unlimited

c)

no

65.
The English and other Europeans settled primarily in which two regions?
a)
Piedmont and Appalachian Plateau
b)
Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and Piedmont
c)
Shenandoah Valley and Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
66.
People living in colonial Virginia depended on natural, human, and _____ resources to produce the goods and services they needed.
a)
renewable
b)
local
c)
capital
67.
People living in colonial Virginia depended on natural, human, and _____ resources to produce the goods and services they needed.
a)
renewable
b)
local
c)
capital
68.
The colony became dependent on _____ to work on the land.
a)
supply ships
b)
American Indians
c)
slave labor
69.
Reasons why the capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg were: salty drinking water, unhealthy living conditions, disease and _______________.
a)
better location for trade
b)
fire had destroyed buildings
c)
friendly Indians
70.

What did most enslaved African Americans work?

a)

As house servants

b)

In factories

c)

Tobacco, crops, and livestock

d)

Fishing

71.

Because the successful cultivation of tobacco depended on a steady and inexpensive source of labor -

a)

Native Americans were used as slaves.

b)

African men, women, and children were brought to the colony against their will to be slaves.

c)

Native Americans taught the colonists a better way to plant tobacco.

d)

Colonists invented technology to help them grow and harvest tobacco more easily.

72.

Which of the following is NOT a reason Virginia's capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg in 1699?

a)

Natives attacked the colonists in Jamestown.

b)

Drinking water was contaminated by salt water.

c)

Unhealthy living conditions caused disease.

d)

Fire destroyed wooden and brick buildings.

73.

Why did settlers settle in the Shenandoah Valley?

a)

It was on the fall line.

b)

It was along the migration route.

c)

It was easy.

d)

The Chesapeake Bay bordered it.

74.

Select ALL of the following which are examples of cultural landscape in colonial Virginia.

a)

James River

b)

Barn

c)

Tree

d)

Home

e)

Church

75.

Who did Parliament believe should have legal authority in the colonies?

a)

The King

b)

Parliament

c)

General Assembly

d)

House of Burgesses

76.

Who did the colonists believe should have legal authority in the colonies?

a)

American Indians

b)

Parliament

c)

The King

d)

Local Assemblies

77.

What did Parliament believe it had the right to do to the colonists?

a)

Enslave them, including the white colonists

b)

Take all of their food and supplies

c)

Tax them

d)

Take away their lands

78.

Why did the colonists believe they should not be taxed?

a)

They had no representation in Parliament

b)

They didn't have any banks

c)

They didn't have much money

d)

Great Britain was already taking what they wanted from the colony

79.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

James Lafayette

b)

George Washington

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Thomas Jefferson

80.

Who does the Declaration of Independence state the authority to govern belongs to?

a)

The King

b)

The People

c)

Parliament

d)

Local Assemblies

81.

How does the Declaration of Independence state all people are created?

a)

Differently

b)

Free

c)

As American citizens

d)

Equal

82.

Which of the following is NOT one of the rights included in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Life

b)

Land

c)

Pursuit of Happiness

d)

Liberty

83.

Which group of people served in the Continental Army and fought for independence?

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

Neutral

d)

Women

84.

Which group of people still sided with Great Britain?

a)

All Enslaved African Americans

b)

Neutral

c)

Patriots

d)

Loyalists

85.

Who did the American Indians fight alongside?

a)

Both the British and the Virginia Patriots

b)

Only the British

c)

Only the Virginia Patriots

d)

No one, they were neutral

86.

Which group of people did not take sides in the Revolutionary War?

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

Neutral

d)

Enslaved African Americans

87.

Who took on more responsibility to support the war effort?

a)

Enslaved African Americans

b)

American Indians

c)

Free African Americans

d)

Women

88.

Some __________ fought for the British, who promised them freedom.

a)

Enslaved African Americans

b)

Free African Americans

c)

American Indians

d)

Women

89.

Some __________ fought for independence from Great Britain.

a)

Enslaved African American

b)

Free African Americans

c)

Women

d)

American Indians

90.

Who provided military leadership by serving as Commander-In-Chief of the Continental Army?

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

James Lafayette

91.

Who provided political leadership by expressing reasons for colonial independence from Great Britain in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

James Lafayette

d)

Thomas Jefferson

92.

Who inspired patriots when he spoke out against taxation without representation by saying "give me liberty or give me death"?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

George Washington

d)

James Lafayette

93.

Who was the enslaved African American that served as a spy for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?

a)

Marquis de Lafayette

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

James Lafayette

d)

George Washington

94.

What did James Lafayette successfully request after the war, with the support of Marquis de Lafayette?

a)

A Plantation

b)

Land

c)

Money

d)

His Freedom

95.

The American victory at __________ resulted in the surrender of the British Army and the end of the Revolutionary War.

a)

Great Bridge

b)

Norfolk

c)

Yorktown

d)

Richmond

96.

Some enslaved African Americans fought in the war to gain a better chance for ___________.

a)

land

b)

homes

c)

money

d)

freedom

97.

Who was the enslaved African American who fought for his freedom by serving in the Continental Army?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

James Lafayette

c)

George Washington

d)

Patrick Henry

98.

Colonists did not want to be taxed because they had no reputation in _________.

a)

the Continental Congress

b)

Congress

c)

the General Assembly

d)

Parliament

99.

What type of leadership did George Washington offer?

a)

Political leadership

b)

Military leadership

c)

Financial leadership

d)

Cultural leadership

100.

What type of leadership did Thomas Jefferson offer?

a)

Political leadership

b)

Military leadership

c)

Financial leadership

d)

Cultural leadership

101.

Who was a French Nobleman who volunteered in the Continental Army and helped win the Battle of Yorktown?

a)

the King of France

b)

Marquis de Lafayette

c)

James Lafayette

d)

George Washington

102.

Select all the reasons Virginia's capital was moved from Williamsburg to Richmond.

a)

Wanted to increase the distance from attack by British

b)

Unhealthy living conditions which caused diseases

c)

Population was moving to the west

d)

Wanted to move capital to a more central location

e)

Buildings kept catching on fire