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Gigantic Virginia History Review

Total questions: 79

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which number shows Virginia on a map?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

2.

Which bordering state is number 6?

a)

West Virginia

b)

Tennessee

c)

Maryland

d)

North Carolina

3.

Which bordering state is number 3?

a)

Maryland

b)

Virginia

c)

Tennessee

d)

Kentucky

4.

How many regions does Virginia have?

a)

3

b)

6

c)

5

d)

9

5.

Region 3 -

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Valley and Ridge

c)

Appalachian Plateau

d)

Blue Ridge Mountains

e)

Piedmont

6.

Region 1-

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Valley and Ridge

c)

Appalachian Plateau

d)

Blue Ridge Mountains

e)

Piedmont

7.

Region 5-

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Valley and Ridge

c)

Appalachian Plateau

d)

Blue Ridge Mountains

e)

Piedmont

8.

What is circled on the map?

a)

Chesapeake Bay

b)

Appalachian Plateau

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Eastern Shore

9.

Which region has rolling hills and the name means "land at the foot of the mountains"?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Valley and Ridge

c)

Appalachian Plateau

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge Mountains

10.

Which region is an area of elevated land that is flat on top and only a small part is located in Southwest Virginia

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Valley and Ridge

c)

Appalachian Plateau

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge Mountains

11.

Which two regions are part of the Appalachian Mountain system?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Valley and Ridge

c)

Appalachian Plateau

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge Mountains

12.

Which region has old, rounded mountains and the source of many rivers?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Valley and Ridge

c)

Appalachian Plateau

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge Mountains

13.

The _____________ is a natural border between the Coastal Plain and Piedmont Region

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Fall Line

c)

Potomac River

d)

Chesapeake Bay

14.

Check all of the following that are true about the Chesapeake Bay

a)

Provided a safe harbor

b)

Located between mainland Virginia and the Eastern Shore

c)

Shallow natural lake surrounded by the Dismal Swamp

d)

Was a source of food and transportation

e)

A peninsula

15.

Which correctly shows the order of rivers from North to South?

a)

Potomac, James, Rappahannock, York

b)

James, York, Rappahannock, Potomac

c)

York, Rappahannock, Potomac, James

d)

Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James

16.

Fredericksburg is located on the _____________ River

a)

Potomac

b)

York

c)

James

d)

Rappahannock

17.

Alexandria is located on the __________ River

a)

Potomac

b)

York

c)

Rappahannock

d)

James

18.

_____________ called the people he found "Indians" because he thought he was in the Indies (near China)

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Chief Powhatan

d)

George Washington

19.

Select the correct language group and tribe for region #2

a)

Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee

b)

Siouan language spoken by the Monacan

c)

Algonquian language spoken by the Powhatans

20.

Select the correct language group and tribe for region #1

a)

Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee

b)

Siouan language spoken by the Monacan

c)

Algonquian language spoken by the Powhatans

21.

In the winter, American Indians ______________

a)

hunted, fished, and picked berries

b)

harvested crops and hunted for foods to preserve for the winter

c)

hunted birds and other animals and lived on foods stored the previous fall

d)

grew crops

22.

Select all of the correct statements about Werowocomoco

a)

First permanent English settlement in North America

b)

A large Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before English settlers came

c)

Headquarters of the leader Powhatan in 1607

d)

Located on the York River

e)

Located on the James River

23.

True or False - Virginia Indians today are able to vote, hold office, and work in communities

a)

True

b)

False

24.

True or False:

The powwow is a way of teaching American Indians about English culture

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Jamestown was primarily an ________________________

a)

adventure

b)

economic venture

c)

Indian settlement

d)

expensive idea

26.

England hoped to find ________ and ______ in America (select both answers)

a)

food

b)

silver

c)

houses

d)

gold

27.

What year was Jamestown founded?

a)

1670

b)

1907

c)

1607

d)

1620

28.

Who financed (paid for) the settlement of Jamestown

a)

The Virginia Company of London

b)

King James I

c)

The Jamestown Company of Virginia

d)

Chief Powhatan

29.

Natural resources sent to England from Jamestown include:

a)

timber

b)

gold

c)

silver

d)

iron

e)

rocks

30.

Which of the following answers is NOT a hardship faced by the settlers

a)

The arrival of two supply ships

b)

Many settlers died of starvation and disease

c)

The settlers lacked some skills necessary to provide for themselves

d)

The site they chose to live on was marshy and lacked safe drinking water

31.

Who served as a contact between the native peoples and the English?

a)

John Smith

b)

Chief Powhatan

c)

King James I

d)

Pocahontas

32.

Powhatan taught the settlers to grow which two crops:

a)

corn

b)

tobacco

c)

beans

d)

cotton

33.

The natives people traded ______________ with the English

a)

gold and silver

b)

weapons

c)

food

d)

tools and pots

34.

The English traded _________________ to the Native People (select all of the correct answers)

a)

Gold

b)

Tools

c)

Food

d)

Pots

e)

Copper for Jewelry

35.

Which TWO things happened in 1619

a)

Additional women arrived

b)

The Governor called a meeting of the General Assembly

c)

The burgesses became a separate legislative body called the House of Burgesses

d)

Africans arrived in Jamestown against their will

36.

The arrival of additional women in 1620 made it possible for: (select all of the correct answers)

a)

establish Jamestown as a permanent colony in Virginia

b)

expand the tobacco economy

c)

Virginians to control their own government

d)

settlers to establish families

37.

Which two groups settled primarily in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont region?

a)

Germans

b)

English and other Europeans

c)

Africans

d)

Scots-Irish

38.

Prior to the arrival of the settlers, American Indians lived throughout Virginia. After the settlers arrived, most were_____________

a)

forced inland

b)

forced towards the ocean

c)

living with settlers

d)

still living throughout Virginia

39.

Which term does the picture show?

a)

debt

b)

savings

c)

barter

d)

credit

40.

True or False?

Most white Virginians owned large farms (plantations)

a)

True

b)

False

41.

True or False?

A tobacco farmer could use his tobacco to pay for goods and services

a)

True

b)

False

42.

_____________ wrote The Declaration of Independence

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

George Mason

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

43.

____________ inspired patriots from other colonies when he spoke out against taxation without representation by saying, "...give me liberty or give me death!"

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

James Madison

d)

George Washington

44.

Virginia _________ served in the Continental Army and fought for independence

a)

British

b)

Patriots

c)

Women

d)

Loyalists

45.

Who was an enslaved African American, served as a spy in the Continental Army , and successfully requested his freedom after the war?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

The Marquis de Lafayette

c)

George Washington

d)

James Lafayette

46.

True or False - the American victory at Yorktown was the official END to the Revolutionary War

a)

True

b)

False

47.

The Revolutionary War officially ended with __________________

a)

the victory at Yorktown

b)

the writing of the Declaration of Independence

c)

the Treaty of Paris

d)

the Treaty of Virginia

48.

Which events from the Revolutionary War are in the correct order?

a)

Treaty of Paris ---> Declaration of Independence ---> Victory at Yorktown

b)

Declaration of Independence ---> Victory at Yorktown ---> Treaty of Paris

c)

Victory at Yorktown ---> Declaration of Independence ---> Treaty of Paris

d)

Declaration of Independence ---> Treaty of Paris ---> Victory at Yorktown

49.

The correct order of Virginia's capitals are:

a)

Richmond, Jamestown, Williamsburg

b)

Jamestown, Richmond, Williamsburg

c)

Jamestown, Williamsburg, Richmond

d)

Williamsburg, Richmond, Jamestown

50.

Which of the following does NOT describe George Washington?

a)

Elected as the first president of the United States of America

b)

Called "Father of the Constitution"

c)

Provided a model of leadership for future presidents

d)

Called the "Father of Our Country"

51.

This person believed in the importance of having a United States Constitution, kept detailed notes during the Constitutional Convention, and earned the title "Father of the Constitution"

a)

James Madison

b)

George Mason

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Washington

52.

Which document states that all Virginians have many rights, including freedom of religion and freedom of the press?

Who wrote this document?

SELECT BOTH ANSWERS

a)

The Virginia Declaration of Rights

b)

The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Mason

53.

Which document states that all people should be free to worship as they please?

Who wrote this document?

SELECT BOTH ANSWERS

a)

The Virginia Declaration of Rights

b)

The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Mason

54.

This machine led to the opening of new lands in the south and attracted settlers from Virginia

a)

tractor

b)

mechanical reaper

c)

cotton gin

d)

typewriter

55.

Large numbers of Virginians moved ___________ and _________ to find better farmland and new opportunities

Select all of the correct answers

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

56.

The picture above shows an example of the economy in which area?

a)

North

b)

South

57.

The picture above shows an example of the economy in which area?

a)

North

b)

South

58.

What was created due to disagreements between Virginia's eastern counties that relied on slavery and western counties that did not favor slavery

a)

West Virginia

b)

North Virginia

c)

the Cumberland Gap

d)

Tennessee

59.

Who led a revolt against slavery in Virginia?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

John Brown

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Nat Turner

60.

Who supported a secret route that enslaved African Americans used called the "Underground Railroad"

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

John Brown

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Nat Turner

61.

Which of the events of the Civil War are in the correct order?

a)

Southern States secede from Union ---> Battle of Bull Run ---> Richmond falls to Ulysses S. Grant ---> General Lee surrenders his army at Appomattox Court House

b)

Battle of Bull Run ---> Richmond falls to Ulysses S. Grant ---> Southern States secede from Union ---> General Lee surrenders his army at Appomattox Court House

c)

Southern States secede from Union ---> General Lee surrenders his army at Appomattox Court House ---> Battle of Bull Run ---> Richmond falls to Ulysses S. Grant

62.

Which was NOT a problem faced by Virginians during Reconstruction?

a)

Money had no value

b)

Hundreds of thousands of freed African Americans needed housing, clothing, education, food and jobs

c)

Businesses needed to be rebuilt

d)

Banks had more money than they needed

63.

Select all of the examples of "Jim Crow" laws, which legally established segregation and reinforced prejudices held by whites

a)

Poll Taxes

b)

Sharecropping

c)

Forced use of separate, poor-quality facilities such as water fountains and restrooms

d)

Voting Tests

e)

The Freedmen's Bureau

64.

_____________ was the key to the expansion of businesses, agriculture, industry, and facilitated the growth of small towns into cities

a)

Coal Deposits

b)

Railroads

c)

Tobacco

d)

Horse and buggies

65.

What was discovered in the Appalachian Plateau region that helped Tazewell County grow?

a)

Railroads

b)

Tobacco Farming

c)

Coal Deposits

d)

Salt Mines

66.

Which picture represents why Northern Virginia and the Coastal Plain region has grown in the late 20th Century?

a)
b)
c)
d)
67.

The United States Constitution was amended in 1920 to give _____________ the right to vote

a)

men

b)

children

c)

African Americans

d)

women

68.

This was a period of harsh economic conditions worldwide during the 1930's when many Virginians lost their jobs, farms, homes, and businesses

a)

Reconstruction

b)

The Great Losses

c)

The Great Depression

d)

Suffrage

69.

Barbara Johns led a student strike against ______________

a)

Massive Resistance

b)

segregation

c)

integration

d)

equal rights

70.

Harry F. Byrd led the _____________________ Movement against the desegregation of public schools. Some schools were closed to avoid integration.

a)

Civil Rights

b)

Segregation

c)

Massive Resistance

d)

Massive Education

71.

First African American winner of a major men's tennis singles championship. He was an author and eloquent spokesperson for social change

a)

Arthur R. Ashe Jr.

b)

A. Linwood Holton Jr.

c)

Maggie L. Walker

d)

L. Douglas Wilder

72.

A lawyer and civil rights leader. Played a key role in the Brown v. Board of Education decision and worked for equal rights of African Americans

a)

Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

b)

Arthur R. Ashe Jr.

c)

Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

d)

A. Linwood Holton, Jr.

73.

Governor of Virginia - first African American to be elected a state governor in the United States

a)

Arthur R. Ashe, Jr

b)

A Linwood Holton, Jr.

c)

Maggie L. Walker

d)

L. Douglas Wilder

74.

How many branches of government is Virginia's state government made up of?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

75.

This branch makes state laws

a)

Executive Branch

b)

Judicial Branch

c)

Legislative Branch

76.

This branch is the state's court system

a)

Executive Branch

b)

Judicial Branch

c)

Legislative Branch

77.

The governor is the head of this branch

a)

Executive Branch

b)

Judicial Branch

c)

Legislative Branch

78.

Which picture shows the industry of tourism?

a)
b)
c)
d)
79.

This industry is important in the Coastal Plain Region

a)

agriculture

b)

shipbuilding

c)

outdoor recreation

d)

poultry