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WorksheetsVirginia Studies Review
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 2hrs 48mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which bordering state is labeled with a "3"?
a)
Maryland
b)
Virginia
c)
West Virginia
d)
North Carolina
2.
Which bordering state is labeled with a "1"?
a)
Maryland
b)
Virginia
c)
West Virginia
d)
North Carolina
3.
Which region is labeled with a "2"?
a)
Appalachian Plateau
b)
Valley and Ridge
c)
Coastal Plain
d)
Blue Ridge Mountains
4.
Which number represents the Chesapeake Bay?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
4
d)
2
5.
What group of people showed the early settlers how to plant corn and tobacco?
a)
Scots-Irish
b)
Africans
c)
Germans
d)
American Indians
6.
What area of the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) did George Washington explore and survey?
a)
Dismal Swamp
b)
Virginia Beach
c)
Eastern Shore
d)
Chincoteague Island
7.
Which number represents the Piedmont Region?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
8.
What state borders Virginia to the north?
a)
Maryland
b)
Kentucky
c)
Tennessee
d)
North Carolina
9.
What two regions of Virginia are separated by the Fall Line?
a)
Coastal Plain and Blue Ridge Mountains
b)
Piedmont and Blue Ridge Mountains
c)
Valley and Ridge and Appalachian Plateau
d)
Coastal Plain and Piedmont
10.
Which region of Virginia has rolling hills?
a)
Coastal Plain
b)
Appalachian Plateau
c)
Tidewater
d)
Piedmont
11.
Which state does NOT border Virginia?
a)
Tennessee
b)
New York
c)
Maryland
d)
North Carolina
12.
The ______ Ocean is located east of Virginia
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Chesapeake
13.
The Fall Line is the natural border between the Piedmont and the __________ regions.
a)
Valley and Ridge
b)
Blue Ridge Mountains
c)
Appalachian Plateau
d)
Coastal Plain
14.
The Blue Ridge Mountains and the Valley and Ridge region are both pare of the ____________ mountain system.
a)
Tall
b)
Appalachian
c)
Virginia
d)
York
15.
Which city is located on the York River?
a)
Harrisonburg
b)
Virginia
c)
Jamestown
d)
Yorktown
16.
The city of Fredericksburg is located on the ______ river.
a)
Potomac
b)
James
c)
Rappahannock
d)
York
17.
The Blue Ridge Mountains region is located between the-
a)
Appalachian Plateau and Coastal Plains region
b)
Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions
c)
Piedmont and Valley and Ridge regions
d)
Appalachian Plateau and Valley and Ridge Regions
18.
Which city is located along the Potomac River?
a)
Roanoke
b)
Fredericksburg
c)
Alexandria
d)
Yorktown
19.
The rivers on the map flow into the -
a)
Potomac River
b)
James River
c)
Narragansett Bay
d)
Chesapeake Bay
20.
Virginia's Eastern Shore is -
a)
a plateau
b)
a mountain range
c)
an island
d)
a peninsula
21.
Which two cities are located on the James River?
a)
Jamestown & Alexandria
b)
Yorktown & Richmond
c)
Jamestown & Richmond
d)
Richmond & Yorktown
22.
The cities of Jamestown and Richmond are located along the ____ River.
a)
York
b)
Rappahannock
c)
James
d)
Potomac
23.
What group of people did the VA colony depend on as reliable and inexpensive source of labor?
a)
Germans and Scots-Irish
b)
English
c)
Africans
d)
Native Americans
24.
Which of the following was NOT a reason the capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg?
a)
dirty living conditions
b)
seepage of salt water
c)
fires destroyed homes
d)
better location for trade
25.
Which group settled primarily in the Shenandoah Valley?
a)
Africans
b)
Native Americans
c)
English
d)
Germans and Scots-Irish
26.
Which is a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides?
a)
Plateau
b)
Peninsula
c)
Prairie
d)
Island
27.
The site they chose was marshy and lacked safe drinking water, the settlers lacked skills, and many settlers died of disease and starvation. These were:
a)
Problems faced by settlers in the midwest
b)
Hardships faced by the settlers at Jamestown
c)
Hardships placed on the Indians by the settlers
d)
Problems the settlers thought they might have
28.
This culture group settled primarily in the Coastal Plain(Tidewater) and the Piedmont regions.
a)
American Indians
b)
Germans
c)
Scots-Irish
d)
English and other Europeans
29.
Which document states that all people have the rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness?
a)
Declaration of Independance
b)
Virginia Declaration of Rights
c)
Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
30.
Who earned the title Father of Our Country?
a)
James Madison
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Mason
31.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a)
George Mason
b)
James Madison
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Washington
32.
He was our Fourth President and wrote most the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
a)
James Madison
b)
John Marshall
c)
George Washington
d)
John Adams
33.
Which founding father wrote most of The Constitution and its amendments, known as the Bill of Rights?
a)
James Madison
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
George Washington
d)
Abraham Lincoln
34.
What were the 3 major language groups of Virginia?
a)
Cherokee, Monacan, Powhatan
b)
Algonquian, Siouan, Iroquoian
35.
Which American Indians were mostly located in the Piedmont region?
a)
Algonquian
b)
Iroquoian
c)
Siouan
36.
The Powhatan were part of which region?
a)
Piedmont
b)
Southwest Virginia
c)
Coastal Plain
37.
Virginia's Indians used ______ for clothing.
a)
cotton
b)
leaves
c)
animal skins
d)
denim
38.
Which was the SECOND capital of colonial Virginia?
a)
Richmond
b)
Williamsburg
c)
New York
d)
Yorktown
39.
Which was the THIRD capital of colonial Virginia?
a)
Richmond
b)
Roanoke
c)
Jamestown
d)
Petersburg
40.
Where did most people get their clothes in colonial Virginia?
a)
Old Navy
b)
Target
c)
Made their own
d)
The Indians
41.
This quote most likely appeared in –
a)
The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
b)
The Constitution
c)
The Declaration of Independence
d)
The Virginia Charters
42.
When did the Powhatan harvest their crops
a)
winter
b)
spring
c)
fall
d)
summer
43.
Who is the father of poccahontas?
a)
Chief Powhatan
b)
Sesame Chicken :]
c)
Captain Smith
d)
James Madison
44.
The first battle of the civil war wasn't the battle of bull run
a)
True
b)
false
45.
Seafood And Peanuts Belong Where?
a)
Coastal Plain?
b)
Piedmont?
c)
Appalachian plateau?
d)
Valley and ridge?
46.
what year did the english settlers arive?
a)
1608
b)
16O7
c)
1608
d)
1607
47.
who is the commander in chief of the Continental army
a)
Geeorage whasigton
b)
James Madison
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Washington
48.
Which place has flat land and farms
a)
Piemont
b)
Urban
c)
Piedmont
d)
Rural
49.
What year did the revolutionary war start
a)
1783
b)
1780
c)
1770
d)
1775
50.
what year did the civil war end
a)
1765
b)
1870
c)
1865
d)
1675
51.
what reigon do people coal mine in?
a)
valley and ridge
b)
appaltion plea
c)
coastal plain
d)
appalchian plateau
52.
Who was the side that supported the slavery
a)
Bad men
b)
Slave Catchers
c)
abolitionist
d)
Rich White Men
53.
urban is flat farm land
a)
True
b)
False
54.
when did the women arrive
a)
1920
b)
1620
c)
1607
d)
1611
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