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Total questions: 66

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Name
Class
Date
1.

Which American Indians were mostly located in Tidewater?

a)

Powhatan

b)

Monacan

c)

Cherokee

d)

Appalachian

2.

Virginia’s American Indians left evidence of their presence in all regions of Virginia. What kind of evidence did they leave?

a)

canoes and paddles

b)

nuts and berries

c)

teepees and villages

d)

arrowheads and pottery

3.

Which language was spoken by American Indians who lived near the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Siouan

c)

Iroquoian

d)

Algonquian

4.

Which tribe in the Piedmont region

spoke the Siouan language?

a)

Nottoway tribe

b)

Cherokee tribe

c)

Monocan tribe

d)

Powhatan tribe

5.
a)

geologist

b)

archaeologist

c)

gardener

d)

builder

e)

environmentalist

6.

Which river is labeled letter B on the map?

a)

James

b)

Potomac

c)

Rappahannock

d)

York

7.

What is a peninsula?

a)

land bordered by water on all sides

b)

land bordered by water on three sides

c)

land bordered by water on two sides

d)

land bordered by water on one side

8.

Which map shows Virginia's Coastal

Plain region shaded?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

Jamie is looking for a picture that shows

Virginia and its two large bordering

bodies of water. Which picture correctly shows

this information?

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

A person who works to end slavery

a)

Loyalist

b)

Patriot

c)

Abolitionist

d)

Colonist

11.

a battle that ends in a tie

a)

Deal breaker

b)

Fact

c)

Draw

d)

Victory

12.

a state where slavery is NOT allowed

a)

The Big State

b)

No Slaves State

c)

Slave State

d)

Free State

13.

a factory or business

a)

Industry

b)

Farmland

c)

Deep South

d)

Westward Migration

14.

A system of secret escape paths that runaway slaves took as they tried to escape to freedom

a)

The Quiet Railroad

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Underground Maze

15.

A state where slavery is allowed

a)

Slave State

b)

Free State

c)

No Slave State

d)

The Silent State

16.

a ship that is covered with iron

a)

Chevy

b)

Ford

c)

Ironclad

d)

Sailboat

17.

How can the economy of the northern states best be described?

a)

Industrial: people worked in factories and manufactured goods

b)

Industrial: economy based on farming cotton, tobacco, and other plants. Used slave labor

c)

Agricultural: economy based on farming cotton, tobacco, and other plants. Used slave labor

d)

Agricultural: people worked in factories and manufactured goods

18.

Which states were "slave states"?

a)

Northern states

b)

Southern states

c)

Both northern and southern states

d)

All western states

19.

How can the economy of the southern states best be described?

a)

Industrial: people worked in factories and manufactured goods

b)

Agricultural: economy based on farming cotton, tobacco, and other plants. Used slave labor

c)

Industrial: economy based on farming cotton, tobacco, and other plants. Used slave labor

d)

Agricultural: people worked in factories and manufactured goods

20.

Nat Turner...

a)

Lead enslaved African Americans to free states using secret routes known as the "Underground Railroad"

b)

Lead a raid on the United States Armory at Harpers Ferry in order to start a slave rebellion

c)

Lead a revolt against slavery Virginia

d)

Was a prominent abolitionist who tried to convince Congress to outlaw slavery

21.

What is an abolitionist?

a)

A person who wants to abolish or end slavery

b)

A person who supports slavery

c)

A person who disliked slavery in northern states

d)

None of these

22.

Abraham Lincoln is our _______ president

a)

1st

b)

5th

c)

10th

d)

16th

e)

15th

23.
True or False
Jamestown was located on a peninsula
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Where is Jamestown located 
a)
New york
b)
Virginia
c)
North Carolina 
d)
Kansas City
25.
Why did the settlers select the name "Jamestown"?
a)
To honor King James
b)
To honor a baby born on the ship
c)
To honor Saint James
d)
To honor the ship's captain
26.
What brought the original colonists from England to Jamestown?
a)
the search for food
b)
the search for gold and silver
c)
the search for tobacco
d)
the search for religious freedom
27.
In what year was Jamestown settled?
a)
1492
b)
1607
c)
1776
d)
2007
28.
Jamestown was originally on a ___________ but now it is _________.
a)
island, peninsula
b)
peninsula, island
c)
plateau, mountain
d)
mountain, plateau
29.

The settlement of Jamestown was mainly:

a)

an economic venture (for making money)

b)

a fun adventure

c)

an educational experience

30.

A good or service owed to someone.

a)

money

b)

barter

c)

debt

d)

credit

31.

A crop grown to sell for money is called a ...

a)

money crop

b)

corn crop

c)

cash crop

d)

fortune crop

32.

The economy of Virginia depended on _______________ as its primary source of wealth.

a)

agriculture (farming)

b)

gold and silver

c)

blacksmiths

d)

boat making

33.

5. A place name that reflects English culture is...

a)

Roanoke

b)

Richmond

c)

Pocahontas

d)

Harrisonburg

34.

A place name that reflects Native American culture is...

a)

Richmond

b)

Jamestown

c)

Harrisonburg

d)

Roanoke

35.

Buy now-Pay later is...

a)

credit

b)

barter

c)

debt

d)

savings

36.
Which group of people provided the primary source of labor in Virginia's tobacco fields?
a)
American Indians
b)
Scots-Irish
c)
African Slaves
d)
Denture Savers
37.

What is Parliament

a)

The British Government

b)

The European Government

c)

The American Government

d)

The French Government

38.

Thomas Jefferson wrote the __

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

The Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Speech

c)

Constitution

d)

The Help the Colonists Win Speech

39.

George Washington was the ___ of the Continental Army

a)

Commander-in-chief

b)

president

c)

fighter

d)

helper

40.

Who said "give me liberty or give me death!"?

a)

Marquis de Lafayette

b)

George Washington

c)

James Lafayette

d)

Patrick Henry

41.

Who was a slave who was a spy for the Continental army

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Marquis de Lafayette

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Lafayette

42.

The last major battle of the war was the Battle of ____

a)

Bull Run

b)

Yorktown

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Taxes

43.

During the war women

a)

Fought in the war

b)

Had less responsibility

c)

Moved to France

d)

Had more responsibility

44.

Which Virginian is being described in the headline above?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

George Mason

45.

George Washington is often called ---

a)

"Father of our Country"

b)

"Father of the Constitution"

c)

"Father of Democracy"

d)

"Father of Presidents"

46.

Who was given the title "Father of the Constitution"?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

George Washington

c)

James Madison

d)

John Adams

47.

Who wrote the document above?

a)

George Mason

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

John Adams

48.

What are two technological advances that influenced Virginians to migrate to other states and western territories in the early 1800s?

a)
b)
c)
d)
49.

Settlers migrating west to new lands crossed the Appalachian Mountains through the --

a)

Great Valley of Virginia

b)

Appalachian Plateau

c)

Fall Line

d)

Cumberland Gap

50.
The farmer is describing problems in the south during what period?
a)
Great Depression
b)
Reconstruction
c)
War of 1812
d)
Revolutionary War
51.
The period following the Civil War is called
a)
Revolutionary War
b)
The Crying Years
c)
Civil Rights Movements
d)
Reconstruction
52.
After Reconstruction, Jim Crow laws were passed mainly in the
a)
eastern states
b)
western states
c)
southern states
d)
northern states
53.
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
54.
This photograph shows-
a)
an announcement
b)
segregation
c)
a disagreement
d)
desegregation
55.
What is the system by which poor white farmers and freed African Americans farmed the land and paid more than half their crops for rent?
a)
Jim Crow laws
b)
sharecropping
c)
war
d)
Freedman's Bureau
56.
What key transportation development spurred economic growth during reconstruction?
a)
Interstate Highways
b)
Airplanes
c)
Railroads
d)
Bicycles
57.
In order to vote an African American male had to...
a)
pay a poll tax
b)
own their own land
58.
Which policy fought to "resist" the integration of public schools?
a)
Massive Resistance
b)
Civil Rights Movement
59.
In order to vote an African American male had to...
a)
take a voting test
b)
own their own land
60.
How many branches make up Virginia's government?
a)
6
b)
3
c)
1
d)
4
61.
Who decides cases about people accused of breaking the law?
a)
Legislative branch
b)
Executive branch
c)
Local branch
d)
Judicial branch
62.
In which region is seafood and fishing an important industry?
a)
Piedmont
b)
Blue Ridge Mountains
c)
Valley and Ridge
d)
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
63.
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
64.
what is the judicial branch?
a)
a branch on a tree
b)
president
c)
supreme court
d)
the branch that 
65.
what is the exucutive branch?
a)
the branch that gets rid of laws
b)
the president
c)
the branch that creates laws
66.
what does congress do?
a)
creates bills only
b)
creates bills and laws
c)
creates laws only
d)
gets rid of laws

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