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Virginia Studies End of Year Review!

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What states BORDER Virginia?

a)

Kentucky, Maine, Tennessee, West Virginia, North Dakota

b)

Kansas, Montana, Tennessee, West Virginia, North Carolina

c)

Kentucky, Maryland, Tennessee, Wyoming, South Carolina

d)

Kentucky, Maryland, Tennessee, West Virginia, North Carolina

2.

What is the name of river number 1?

a)

James River

b)

York River

c)

Potomac River

d)

Rappahannock River

3.

What is the name of river number 4?

a)

James River

b)

York River

c)

Potomac River

d)

Rappahannock River

4.

Which state is labeled with a yellow arrow?

a)

Maryland

b)

Virginia

c)

Connecticut

d)

West Virginia

5.

Which state is labeled with an orange sun?

a)

Virginia

b)

Kentucky

c)

North Carolina

d)

West Virginia

6.

Christopher Columbus called the people he encountered "Indians" because -

a)

he thought he was in North America

b)

he thought he was in Africa

c)

he thought he was in the Indies (near China)

d)

he thought he was in Jamestown

7.

Which tribe was located in Tidewater region?

a)

Powhatan

b)

Monacan

c)

Cherokee

d)

Appalachian

8.
a)

geologist

b)

archaeologist

c)

gardener

d)

builder

e)

environmentalist

9.

Which of the following best describes the climate of Virginia?

a)

Harsh low temperatures

b)

Mild with four distinct seasons

c)

Harsh high temperatures

d)

Extreme weather

10.

What was Werowocomoco?

a)

A modern-day American Indian museum

b)

Chief of the Monacan tribe of American Indians that signed a treaty with the English settlers

c)

The name of the Indian tribe that welcomed Columbus when he first landed in North America

d)

A large Indian town used by Indian leaders for hundreds of years before English settlers came

11.

What did Virginia's Indians use for clothing?

a)

Silk

b)

Tree bark

c)

Cotton

d)

Animal skins

12.

For American Indians, the kinds of food they ate, clothing they wore, and shelter they had depended on the—

a)

ocean tides

b)

moon phases

c)

seasons

d)

language

13.

Choose ALL 3 reasons that England wanted to establish an American colony.

a)

to increase wealth and power

b)

to make friends with the Indians

c)

to find gold and silver in America

d)

to open new markets for trade

e)

to discover new plants and animals

14.

Jamestown was primarily a(n) _____________ venture?

a)

religious (church)

b)

discovery

c)

economic

d)

healthy

15.

Who financed the settlement of Jamestown?

a)

Virginia Company of London

b)

The King

c)

The colonists

d)

The Spanish

16.

Jamestown became the first _____________ English settlement in North America.

a)

only

b)

permanent

c)

third

d)

failed

17.

Who was the strong leader that created the forced work program that said "If you don't work, you don't eat."

a)

King James I

b)

John Smith

c)

Chief Powhatan

d)

Christopher Columbus

18.

Women arrived to the colony on a "bride ship" and helped establish ____________ and a more permanent colony.

a)

trading

b)

government

c)

work

d)

families

19.

The current Virginia General Assembly dates back to what year?

a)

1607

b)

1619

c)

1630

d)

1641

20.

The House of Burgesses were the first elected _____________ (law making) body in the New World. Which word means "law making"?

a)

legislative

b)

governor

c)

king

d)

revolutionary

21.

What do you call a crop grown specifically to sell for money rather than for use by the growers?

a)

Profit crop

b)

Sale crop

c)

Cash crop

d)

Barter Charter

22.

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)

English colonists

23.

Who settled mainly in the Shenandoah Valley along a migration route?

a)

Scots-Irish & Germans

b)

English & other Europeans

c)

Africans

d)

Native Americans

24.

Which place name represents English influence?

a)

Williamsburg

b)

Roanoke

c)

Werewocomoco

d)

Potomac

25.
In which regions did the English and Africans settle primarily?
a)
Coastal Plain & Piedmont
b)
Blue Ridge Mountains & Valley and Ridge
c)
Appalachian Plateau & Coastal Plain
d)
Blue Ridge Mountains & Piedmont
26.
Which was the SECOND capital of colonial Virginia?
a)
Richmond
b)
Williamsburg
c)
New York
d)
Yorktown
27.

How did MOST families live in Colonial Virginia?

a)

One room homes

b)

Mansions

c)

Longhouses

d)

Teepees

28.

What is it called when two people exchange one item or service for another (WITHOUT the use of money)

a)

Currency

b)

Barter

c)

Savings

d)

Debt

29.

People in colonial Virginia depended on ____________, ___________, and _______________ resources to produce the goods and services they needed.

a)

natural, agricultural, metal

b)

natural, human, capital

c)

food, water, shelter

d)

labor, plant, animal

30.

Parliament (the British government), believed it had they had the right to...

a)

Give money to the colonies

b)

Help the colonies

c)

Break away from the colonies

d)

Tax the colonies

31.

Why did the colonists believe they should not be taxed?

a)

They had no representation in Parliament

b)

They didn't have any banks

c)

They didn't have much money

d)

Great Britain was already taking what they wanted from the colony

32.

Who did the colonists believe should have legal authority in the colonies?

a)

American Indians

b)

Parliament

c)

The King

d)

Local Assemblies

33.

Who inspired patriots when he spoke out against taxation without representation by saying "give me liberty or give me death"?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

George Washington

d)

James Lafayette

34.

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

35.

Who provided military leadership by serving as Commander-In-Chief of the Continental Army?

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

James Lafayette

36.

Some enslaved African Americans supported the ____ who promised them freedom

a)

British

b)

French

c)

Colonists

d)

No one

37.

What did James Lafayette successfully request after the war, with the support of Marquis de Lafayette?

a)

A Plantation

b)

Land

c)

Money

d)

His Freedom

38.

The American victory at __________ (the last major battle) resulted in the surrender of the British Army and the end of the Revolutionary War.

a)

Great Bridge

b)

Norfolk

c)

Yorktown

d)

Richmond

39.

Which group of people served in the Continental Army and fought for independence?

a)

Loyalists

b)

Patriots

c)

Neutral

d)

Women

40.

Which group of people still sided with Great Britain?

a)

All Enslaved African Americans

b)

Neutral

c)

Patriots

d)

Loyalists

41.

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

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

George Washington

c)

James Madison

d)

John Adams

42.

During the Constitutional Convention, James Madison's skills at compromise helped --

a)

Thomas Jefferson buy the Louisiana Territory from France

b)

to establish a king instead of a president

c)

the delegates reach agreements during the writing of the US Constitution

d)

the delegates to draft a statement of independence from Great Britain

43.

Who wrote the document above?

a)

George Mason

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

John Adams

44.

The Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom BOTH state that people have the--

a)

freedom of the press

b)

freedom to bear arms

c)

freedom to worship as you please

d)

freedom from a king

45.

Which TWO phrases best complete the T-Chart about James Madison? (Pick 2 answers!)

a)

He believed all people should be free to worship as they please.

b)

He believed in the importance of having a U.S. Constitution.

c)

He kept detailed notes at the Constitutional Convention.

d)

He wrote the Declaration of Independence.

46.

Which TWO phrases best complete the T-Chart about Thomas Jefferson? (Pick 2 answers!)

a)

He believed all people should be free to worship as they please.

b)

He believed in the importance of having a U.S. Constitution.

c)

He kept detailed notes at the Constitutional Convention.

d)

He wrote the Declaration of Independence.

47.

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

48.

The mechanical reaper allowed farmers to grow more wheat with fewer people. What effect did this have on Virginia's population?

a)

It increased as people came to the state to grow wheat.

b)

It remained the same because Virginia was a tobacco state.

c)

It decreased as many people left the state in search of jobs.

d)

It increased as more enslaved African Americans were brought to the state.

49.

Which is the correct location of the Cumberland Gap on the map above?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

50.
The economy in the northern part of the United States was ________ and depended on manufacturing.
a)
agricultural
b)
trading
c)
industrialized
51.
________ campaigned or worked to get the United States government to end slavery.
a)
Politicians
b)
Abolitionists
c)
Crusaders
52.
_____ led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia in 1831.
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Nat Turner
c)
John Brown
53.

Virginia seceded from the Union along with other southern states to form the ______.

a)

United States of the South

b)

United Seceded States

c)

Confederate States of America

54.
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
George McClellan
55.
Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
George McClellan
d)
Robert E. Lee
56.

Who commanded the Confederate army?

a)

George McClellan

b)

Ambrose Burnside

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Robert E. Lee

57.
Jim Crow laws established __________ by race in all public places.
a)
integration
b)
segregation
c)
desegregation
58.

Which of the following defines sharecropping?

a)

A person rents farm land and pays the landowner with a share of the crop.

b)

A field of corn is sheared at the root to plant the next crop.

c)

Two farmers share in the planting and harvesting of crops.

d)

Two different crops are planted in the same field.

59.

Which examples show that Virginia’s economy was in ruins during Reconstruction?

a)

Money had no value.

b)

Businesses were growing.

c)

Railroads were strong.

d)

Banks were closed.

60.

Which of the following was a major transportation system that was key to the expansion of business, agriculture, and industry after the Civil War?

a)

railroads

b)

trucks

c)

cars

d)

airlines

61.

For what reason was Virginia's economy in ruins after the Civil War?

a)

Many northerners went south on vacations.

b)

B Battles created dams in the rivers that flooded major cities.

c)

Railroads, bridges, and plantations were destroyed.

d)

There was very little rain so nothing would grow.

62.
Who led the Massive Resistance Movement against the integration of public schools?
a)
A. Linwood Holton
b)
L. Douglas Wilder
c)
Harry F. Byrd
d)
Oliver W. Hill
63.
What is the full equality of all races in the use of public facilities?
a)
integregation
b)
segregation
c)
desegregation
64.
In the case of "Brown v. Board of Education," the Supreme Court ruled...
a)
"separate but equal" public schools were constitutional.
b)
"separate but equal" public schools were unconstitutional.
65.
Which movement fought to end Jim Crow laws and make racial discrimination illegal?
a)
Civil Rights Movement
b)
Massive Resistance