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WorksheetsVirginia Studies Year End Review
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
Which group established the town of Werowocomoco?
American Indians
English settlers
Spanish missionaries
African Americans
People studying the past best learn about artifacts like these by —
designing them on computers
looking at colonial pictures
seeing them in newspapers
digging at archaeological sites
Which of these happened last?
Settlers communicated with the native peoples through Pocahontas.
Native peoples saw the settlers as invaders taking their land.
Settlers learned survival skills from Powhatan and other native peoples.
Native peoples taught the settlers to plant corn and other crops.
What is the best example of a cultural landscape?
Tree
Tractor
Cow
Barn
The arrival of European settlers changed the lives of American Indians by forcing them to —
move inland
build new houses
work on ships
attend school
The area of West Virginia became a state because —
John Brown caused a slave revolt
its people supported women's suffrage
its people opposed slavery
Abraham Lincoln was elected
Which number marks the region where the first English settlement in Virginia was located?
3
2
1
4
Author of the Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom, served as Governor during the Revolutionary War, and served in Continental Congress. Which Virginian is responsible for these contributions?
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Patrick Henry
Which group's traditional homeland was located in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region of Virginia?
Lakota
Powhatan
African
English
Edmund: "I think we should stay loyal to the king." Joshua: "I think we should form our own nation." Which statement about these two Virginians is probably true?
They had different opinions about African-American slavery.
Only on led soldiers in the colonies.
Only one paid taxes in the colonies.
They took opposite sides in the American Revolution.
Which group would most likely have supported this type of meeting?
Confederate soldiers
Industrialists
Abolitionists
Plantation owners
Which newspaper headline describes the result of the battle between the Merrimack and the Monitor?
--Maintaining farms and plantations
---Providing labor for the military
During the Civil War, which group did this work for the Confederate states?
Southern abolitionists
New European immigrants
American Indians
Enslaved African Americans
Which Virginia governor is known for the "Pay As You Go" road improvement policy?
Mills E. Godwin, Jr.
A. Linwood Holton
L. Douglas Wilder
Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
Which region completes this diagram?
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
Valley and Ridge
Blue Ridge Mountains
Piedmont
A settler in Richmond who wanted to return to Europe would travel on which river?
James
Roanoke
Potomac
Shenandoah
Which body of water separates the Eastern Shore from the Virginia mainland?
Atlantic Ocean
James River
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
Mari lives in Virginia near the North Carolina border. She is writing a history report on the native peoples that lived near her home and spoke an Iroquoian language. Which American Indians will be described in Mari's report?
Cherokee
Monacan
Powhatan
Pamunkey
The best title for this diagram is —
The Reasons to Defend Jamestown From Spain
The Importance of Rivers to the Virginia Settlement
Why Jamestown Colonists Moved West
Why American Indians Lived in Virginia
The first settlers founded Jamestown on —
an isthmus
an island
a strait
a peninsula
Refer to the diagram titled "Virginia and Bordering States". Where did many Virginians settle after traveling through the Cumberland Gap?
1 and 2
3 and 4
2 and 4
1 and 3
What was the result of this event?
Colonists leave the Chesapeake Bay area
City rebuilt near Werowocomoco
Colonists join the local American Indian tribe
Capital moved to Williamsburg
The charters of the Virginia Company of London gave —
English rights to the colonists
religious freedom to slaves
property rights to women
land to the American Indians
Which phrase best completes this diagram?
had the right to govern themselves
should own English land
should have an English king
had the right to own slaves
Which group completes this table?
Wealthy families
Local assemblies
Earliest settlers
Royal governors
After Reconstruction, the freedoms given to African Americans were —
voted against by Congress
changed by the Supreme Court
taken away by the Jim Crow Laws
increased by the Bill of Rights
If John Montgomery wins this election, his job will be to —
gather taxes for the state
make laws for the state
judge which laws are constitutional
decide which people go to court
As a result of the Civil Rights Movement, laws were passed that —
made racial discrimination illegal
made child labor illegal
gave immigrants the right to work
gave women the right to vote
Maria is a guide for visitors to a history museum. Maria works in the —
agriculture industry
tourism industry
transportation industry
manufacturing industry
Which factor would persuade people to move from Location 1 to Location 2?
Job opportunities
Cleaner air
Smaller populations
Religious freedom
What is the best title for this picture?
Exchanging Goods for Services
Saving Goods for Later Use
Bartering in the Colonies
Buying on credit
What best replaces the question mark?
Military bases
Factories
Coal mines
Farms
Why was the Freedmen's Bureau created?
To help new immigrants
To help southern soldiers
To help former slaves
To help plantation owners
Which industry has contributed most to migration within modern Virginia?
Agriculture
Transportation
Mining
Medicine
