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Ch. 8 Test

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

 The first settlement in Virginia was made in 1607 it was called __________________

a)

Hesstown

b)

Jonestown

c)

Jamestown

d)

Pruntytown

2.

    ___________________ (money guy)documented his travel in a pamphlet called “The Discovery of New Brittaine.”

a)

John Lederer

b)

William Berkeley

c)

Abraham Wood

d)

Jim Justice

3.

First person to enter present-day West Virginia, thought he was crazy or lying(seen peacocks, lions, and the Atlántick)?

a)

Abraham Wood

b)

John Lederer

c)

Thomas Batts

d)

Robert Fallam

4.

    Thomas Batts and Robert Fallam had an indian that guided them, they burned their initials in the trees too.  What was their name?

a)

Pocahontas

b)

Penelope

c)

Penny

d)

Penecute

5.

      These two men traveled from Fort Henry to Tennessee to make an agreement with the Cherokee to end the trade monopoly of the Occaneechi?

a)

Needham and Arthur

b)

Batts and Fallam

c)

Walker and Gist

d)

Ben and Jerry

6.

We named a county after this Virginia Governor that would not send troops to help the settlers in Western Virginia?

 

a)

Robert Boone

b)

Bill Barbour

c)

William Berkeley

d)

John Taylor

7.

  The ________________________rebellion at Jamestown led to the hanging of 23 men.

a)

Courtney Williams

b)

Kevin Bacon

c)

Nathaniel Williams

d)

Nathaniel Bacon

8.

  Who gave each member of his expedition a golden horseshoe?

a)

John Lederer

b)

Alexander Spotswood

c)

Abraham Wood

d)

Bill Stewart

9.

  John Howard and John Peter Salling were on an expedition through the western lands to the Mississippi River when they were captured by ___________________.

a)

Cherokee

b)

The British

c)

The French

d)

Delaware

10.

Celoron de Blainville led some 250 men, including a number of Indians, on the expedition to claim land for France by burying ____________ plates.

a)

Decorative

b)

Iron

c)

Lead

d)

Gold

11.

    ______________________ is believed to be western Virginia’s first  permanent European settler.

 

a)

John Lederer

b)

Morgan Morgan

c)

Alexande Spotswood

d)

Jim Justice

12.

_________________________ established Morgan’s Fort (Morgantown

a)

James Morgan

b)

Morgan Morgan

c)

Abraham Morgan

d)

Zackquill Morgan