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WorksheetsSocial Studies Benchmark Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 24mins
Region #4 is known as what?
Blue Ridge Mountains
Appalachian Plateau
Valley and Ridge
Piedmont
Which region of Virginia is known for old rounded mountains, being the start of many rivers, and being part of the Appalachian Mountains?
Appalachian Plateau
Valley and Ridge
Blue Ridge Mountains
Coastal Plains
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Eastern Shore
The Great Dismal Swamp surrounds which water feature of Virginia?
Chesapeake Bay
Lake Drummond
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Which river is the only river to have two Virginia cities located alongside it?
Potomac River
Rappahannock River
York River
James River
Which study consists of surveying artifacts and using them to discover information about people from the past?
Geography
Entomology
Archeology
Oceanography
What was the large Native American settlement that was used as a headquarters for several hundred years?
Cherokee
Powhatan
Tsenacomaco
Werowocomoco
Which Native American tribe lived in Region #2?
Souian
Powhatan
Cherokee
Monacan
In the Spring, Native Americans . . .
Hunted small birds and ate food stored from the previous Fall
Harvested crops and stored food
Grew crops like squash, beans, and corn
Picked berries, hunted and fished
Things such as arrowheads, pottery and tools were examples of . . .
Trade Items
Artifacts
Discoveries
None of these
Who financed the settlement of Jamestown in 1607?
stockholders of the Virginia Company of London
King George
The Colonists
Virginia Settlement Committee
Due to erosion, the landmass of Jamestown eventually turned into a/an . . .
Inlet
Peninsula
Island
City
In 1619, the Governor of Virginia called the first meeting of . . .
African Americans
The General Assembly
The House of Burgesses
Representatives
How did Captain John Smith save Jamestown during the Starving Time?
He discovered a new method of farming crops
He staged a mutiny and overthrew leaders of Jamestown
He instituted the forced work program
He fought with the Native Americans and took their land
What were some of the hardships faced by the Jamestown settlers? (Click all that apply)
Many settlers died of starvation and disease
Settlers lacked survival skills
A drought reduced the amount of food available
The land was marshy and lacked safe drinking water
Where did the Germans and Scots-Irish immigrants primarily settle?
Piedmont
Valley and Ridge
Appalachian Mountains
Shenandoah Valley
A courier brings you a newspaper. The article tells of the previous capital of Virginia. It notes that the previous capital had contaminated water, fires that broke out, and unhealthy living conditions. If the year is 1720, which capital of Virginia would you live in?
Jamestown
Williamsburg
Richmond
Fredericksburg
If a colonist were to trade his neighbor a portion of his tobacco harvest for some clothes to be sewn together for his family, this would be an example of . . .
Bartering
Trading
Debt
Credit
Most clothing in colonial Virginia was made out of . . . (Click all that apply)
Copper
Cotton
Leather
Wool
The reliance on cash crops like tobacco increased the colonists' dependency on . . .
Expansion
Food
Money
Slave Labor
Who did the Colonists believe should have legal authority over them?
Parliament
Citizens
Local Assemblies
King George
Who famously wrote that "all people are created equal" and that everyone should have "rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"?
Thomas Johnson
Thomas Jefferson
George Mason
James Madison
I was a spy against the British and eventually earned my freedom after the American Revolutionary War. Who am I?
James Lafayette
George Washington
Harriet Tubman
Marquis De Lafayette
The capital of Virginia was moved from Williamsburg to Richmond because . . . (Click all that apply)
It increased the distance from the sea and away from possible attack by the British
It was a more central location for representatives to meet
Fires broke out and destroyed the meeting place of the General Assembly
The population was moving westward for more opportunities
What significant event formally ended the American Revolutionary war?
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
The surrender of General Cornwallis
The signing of the Treaty of Paris
The surrender of General Robert E. Lee
Who is the person who came to be known as "The Father of the Constitution"?
George Washington
George Mason
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
The Virginia Declaration of Rights advocated for Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Religion. Who wrote it?
George Washington
George Mason
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom made Virginia the first state to have religious freedom in the United States. Who wrote it?
George Washington
George Mason
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Which two inventions prompted westward and southern expansion for new land and greatly increased production crops?
Mechanical Reaper
Steel Plow
Cotton Gin
Tractors
Most settlers who were migrating west out of Virginia crossed the Appalachian Mountains and had to pass through what was known as . . .
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Plateau
The Great Valley
Cumberland Gap
Who were the two individuals that led violent revolts against slavery?
Harriet Tubman
Abraham Lincoln
Nat Turner
John Brown
Disagreements on slavery, in addition to differences in agricultural and industrial societies, led to the separation of which two states?
Virginia and Maryland
Virginia and West Virginia
North Carolina and South Carolina
West Virginia and Marland
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson played a major part in the early victory by the Confederacy during the Civil War for which battle?
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
Battle of Bull Run
Who was a African American Union naval officer that was elected into the House of Representatives following the Civil War?
Robert Smalls
James Lafayette
John Brown
Robert E. Lee
After Abraham Lincoln placed a blockade on Southern trade, a sea battle took place in the Hampton Roads. The naval battle that ended in a draw consisted of which two ships?
USS Monitor
USS Normandy
USS Merrimack
USS Cole
What is known as "the separation of people based on race or religion"
Discrimination
Segregation
Prejudice
Favoritism
I was the first African American to be elected to Congress, recruited black men for the Union army during the Civil War, assisted as an abolitionist in the Underground Railroad, and even became the President of a new black college called Virginia State University. Who am I?
Frederick Douglas
Martin Luther King Jr.
Robert Smalls
John Mercer Langston
What was the key to the expansion of cities and businesses during the Reconstruction Era?
Rebuilding
Cash Crops
Railroads
Education
An unfair practice that locked free African American families into poverty, and required them to hand over a portion of their crop harvest in exchange for renting land was known as . . .
Slave Labor
Agriculture
Sharecropping
Indentured Servitude
Which product was found in Tazewell County up in the Appalachian Plateau that helped fuel the industrialization of America?
Gold
Copper
Cotton
Coal
Which branch of government consists of the General Assembly and its two houses: The Senate and The House of Representatives?
Legislative Branch
President Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Which branch of government is designed to reviews laws, contains the United States Supreme Court and is known for interpreting the Constitution?
Legislative Branch
President Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing and carrying out the laws that are made by Congress?
Legislative Branch
President Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
What has replaced tobacco as Virginia's most profitable source of agricultural income?
Livestock
Shipbuilding
Coal
Corn
Name the top manufacturing products in Virginia. (Click all that apply)
Beverages
Ships
Chemical goods
Motor vehicle parts and trucks
