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WorksheetsVS6 Building a New Nation CIP Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Who is known as the "Father of Our Country"?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
James Madison
George Mason
Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
James Madison
George Mason
Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
James Madison
George Mason
Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
James Madison
George Mason
Which document stated that all Virginians should have certain rights including freedom of religion and freedom of the press?
Declation of Independence
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom
Bill of Rights
Which document states that all people should be free to worship as they please?
Declaration of Independence
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Bill of Rights
In the late 1700s, Virginia's agricultural base began to change after....
the American Revolution
the Civil War
World War I
World War II
Virginians migrated into__________territories looking for large areas of land and new opportunties.
southern
northern
eastern
western
What mountains did the settlers cross as they migrated west to new lands?
Sierra Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
White Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Which crop was hard on the soil, causing many farmers to look west and south for new land to farm?
tobacco
cotton
corn
peanuts
What did the settlers pass through as they crossed the Appalachian Mountains, migrating to new lands in the west?
Fall Line
Hampton Roads
Charlottesville
Cumberland Gap
What most influenced the movement of people as Virginians moved to and beyond the Virginia western frontier?
geography
tourism
exports
communication
The development of the cotton gin led to the opening of new lands in the........
north
east
west
south
The mechanical reaper allowed farmers to grow which crop with fewer workers?
cotton
tobacco
wheat
beans
Which document states the authority to govern belongs to the people rather that to kings and that all people are created equal and have rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Declaration of Independence
What document was granted by the king of England to the stockholders of the Virginia Company of London, gave the Virginia Company the right to establish a settlement in North America, extended English rights to the colonists?
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom
The Virginia Charters
What allowed farmers to grown more wheat with fewer workers?
cotton gin
tractor
plow
mechanical reaper
Which bordering state is south of Virginia?
Maryland
West Virginia
Kentucky
North Carolina
What Indian tribe lived in the Eastern part of Virginia?
Monacan tribe
Powhatan tribe
Cherokee tribe
Iroquoian tribe
What region is east of the fall line?
Appalachian Plateau
Valley and Ridge
Blue Ridge Mountains
Coastal Plain/Tidewater
