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Virginia Studies Review 2: Who am I?

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I am a period of world-wide harsh economic times. What am I?

a)

Suffrage Movement

b)

Great Depression

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Massive Resistance

2.

As a Virginia Senator, I led the “Massive Resistance” movement to resist integrating schools.  Who am I?

a)

Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

b)

A. Linwood Holton

c)

L. Douglas Wilder

d)

Arthur Ashe, Jr.

3.

I am a region with flat land.  There are two names for me.  What are the two names am I called?

a)

Tidewater

b)

Coastal Water

c)

Piedmont

d)

Coastal Plain

4.

I am the Native American language that was spoken in southwestern and southern Virginia near what today is North Carolina.  Which language am I?

a)

Siouan

b)

Iroquoian

c)

Algonquian

5.

I was the war between the United States and the Confederate States.  Which war am I?

a)

American Revolution

b)

War of 1812

c)

American Civil War

d)

World War I

6.

 I am the branch of Virginia’s government that enforces the laws.   Which branch am I?

a)

Judicial

b)

Legislative

c)

Executive

7.

I am in charge of the Executive Branch of Virginia. Who am I?

a)

Judges/Court System

b)

Governor

c)

Legislators

8.

TEI

During the Depression many Virginians lost these. What am I?

a)

homes

b)

jobs

c)

farms

d)

businesses

e)

schools

9.

I am the crop that needed a lot of labor.   I was also used as a form  of money. I am a cash crop.  What crop am I?

a)

corn

b)

cotton

c)

squash

d)

tobacco

10.

I am where abolitionists tried to steal weapons to arm enslaved people in 1859. Where am I?

a)

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

b)

Appomattox Courthouse

c)

Harpers Ferry, Virginia

d)

Battle of Manassas

11.

When the colonist first arrived, I was a peninsula.  What am I?

a)

Richmond

b)

Jamestown

c)

Williamsburg

d)

Yorktown

12.

I was a role model for future presidents and a strong leader for the young country. Who am I?

a)

George Washington

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Mason

13.

I am the full equality for all races in the use of public facilities such as restrooms and water fountains.  What am I?

a)

segregation

b)

discrimination

c)

integration

d)

massive resistance

14.

I am the season that Native Americans would hunt, pick berries, and fish.  Which season am I?

a)

winter

b)

fall

c)

spring

d)

summer

15.

I was a 16-year-old student who helped organize protests against segregation. Who am I?

a)

Maggie L. Walker

b)

Oliver W. Hill

c)

Barbara Johns

d)

L. Douglas Wilder

16.

Before the Civil War, the economy of the south was based on me.  What am I?

a)

agriculture

b)

manufacturing

17.

When the colonist first arrived, I was a peninsula.  What am I today?

a)

a bay

b)

an island

c)

a town

d)

lost to history

18.

I was the tribe that was part of the Algonquian Language group.  Which tribe am I?

a)

Monacan

b)

Cherokee

c)

Powhatan

19.

I led a raid on the United States Armory/Arsenal in Harpers Ferry.  I wanted to arm slaves with the weapons stored there.  Who am I?

a)

John Smith

b)

Nat Turner

c)

John Brown

d)

John Rolfe

20.

I was a lawyer and civil rights leader.  I played a key role in the Brown v. Board of Education decision.  Who am I?

a)

A. Linwood Holton

b)

Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

c)

Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

d)

Arthur Ashe, Jr.

21.

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

a)

Williamsburg

b)

Jamestown

c)

Richmond

22.

I am the region that includes the Great Valley of Virginia and other valleys.   Which region am I?

a)

Blue Ridge

b)

Appalachian Plateau

c)

Piedmont

d)

Valley and Ridge

e)

Coastal Plain

23.

I am the ending of segregation.  What am I?

a)

segregation

b)

desegregation

c)

integration

d)

massive resistance

24.

We are both part of the Appalachian Mountain system. Which regions are we?

a)

Appalachian Plateau

b)

Blue Ridge

c)

Valley and Ridge

d)

Tidewater

e)

Piedmont

25.

I was what happened in 1954? What am I?

a)

John Brown's raid

b)

Barbara Johns led a protest

c)

Brown v. Board of Education ended segregations in schools

d)

Arthur Ashe won Wimbleton