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Virginia Studies Review 1: Who am I?

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When I arrived at the New World, I thought I was in the Indies near China.  Who am I?

a)

Captain John Smith

b)

Captain Christopher Newport

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Ponce deLeon

2.

I am the season when Native peoples would harvest crops and hunt for food to preserve for winter.  Which season am I?

a)

winter

b)

spring

c)

summer

d)

fall

3.

I was the move in Virginia to resist integration of Virginia schools after the Brown v. Board of Education decision.  I was led by Harry F. Byrd, Sr.  What am I?

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Massive Resistance

c)

Segregation

d)

Intergration

4.

My tribe spoke the Iroquoian language. Which tribe am I?

a)

Powhatan

b)

Monacan

c)

Cherokee

5.

I was a government agency that was set-up to help poor whites and former slaves after the Civil War.  What agency am I?

a)

Freedman's Branch

b)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

c)

Freedman's Bureau

d)

Federal Branch

6.

I am the Supreme Court case that ended segregation of public schools.  My case ruled that “separate but equal” schools were illegal.  What court case am I?

a)

Davis v. Prince Edward County

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Jim Crow v. U.S. Government

7.

I was a governor of Virginia.  While governor, I appointed more women and Africans to positions in state government.  Who am I?

a)

A. Linwood Holton

b)

L. Douglas Wilder

c)

Oliver W. Hill

d)

Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

8.

I was the very first President of the United States.  Who am I?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

James Lafayette

c)

James Madison

d)

George Washington

9.

TEI

We are large bodies of water that border Virginia.  What bodies of water are we?

a)

Chesapeake Bay

b)

Lake Drummond

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

10.

I am the ship that brought women to Jamestown to marry.  What year did I arrive in Jamestown?

a)

1619

b)

1620

c)

1607

d)

1614

11.

When the colonies and Great Britain went to war, I sided with the colonies.  What was I called?

a)

patriot

b)

confederate

c)

loyalist

d)

neutral

12.

I am the year that Brown v. The Board of Education happened. What year am I?

a)

1954

b)

1964

c)

1860

d)

1923

13.

TEI

I am items that have been found that tell about the people who lived in Virginia long ago.  What am I? (choose 3)

a)

tools

b)

medicine

c)

pottery

d)

animal fur

e)

arrowheads

14.

TEI-

We are the bordering states of Virginia.  Who are we?

a)

North Carolina

b)

Tennessee

c)

Maryland

d)

West Virginia

e)

Kentucky

15.

I kept detailed notes during the Constitutional Convention and was skilled at compromise. I earned the nickname “Father of the Constitution”.  Who am I?

a)

George Mason

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Patrick Henry

16.

I developed after the Civil War.  I am a system where poor whites and former slaves would get supplies and rent land from a landowner and then promise to pay back the landowner after the crops were sold. What am I?

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Freeman's Bureau

c)

Sharecropping

d)

Sharefarming

17.

I am the silly sentence that helps you remember the regions of Virginia from west to east. Who am I?

a)

TAP

b)

Freddie likes to Rap

c)

Amazing Virginias Buy Pepsi Cola

d)

Please remember your jacket

18.

I was the third capital of Virginia.  What am I?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Richmond

c)

Williamsburg

19.

I am the year Jamestown was founded.  What year am I?

a)

1640

b)

1619

c)

1620

d)

1607

20.

I am the document that included the idea that people should be able to worship as they please.  What document am I?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Virginia Declaration of Rights

c)

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

d)

Treaty of Paris

21.

I am the document that told Great Britain that people should govern themselves rather than kings.  What document am I?

a)

Charters of the Virginia Company of London

b)

Virginia Declaration of rights

c)

The United States Constitution

d)

Declaration of Independence

22.

I wrote the Declaration of Independence. Who am I?

a)

James Madison

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Mason

d)

George Washington

23.

During the Revolutionary War, I remained loyal to Great Britain.  What am I?

a)

neutral

b)

confederate

c)

loyalist

d)

patriot

24.

I am the Native American Language that was spoken primarily in the Piedmont region.  Which language am I?

a)

Iroquoian

b)

Algonquian

c)

Siouan

25.

I am the natural border between the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont.  What am I?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Potomac River

c)

Fall Line

d)

Blue Ridge