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Virginia Social Studies SOL Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which direction would you travel from Richmond to Alexandria?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

2.

Which group established the town of Werowocomoco?

a)

English Settlers

b)

American Indians

c)

Spanish missionaries

d)

African Americans

3.

People studying the past best learn about artifacts like these by -

a)

designing them on computers

b)

seeing them in the newspapers

c)

digging at archaeological sites

d)

looking at colonial pictures

4.

Which of these happened last?

a)

Settlers learned survival skills from Powhatan and other native peoples.

b)

Native peoples saw the settlers as invaders taking their land.

c)

Settlers communicated with the native peoples through Pocahontas.

d)

Native people taught the settlers to plant corn and other crops.

5.

What is the best example of a cultural landscape?

a)

tree

b)

cow

c)

barn

d)

tractor

6.

The arrival of European settlers changed the lives of American Indians by forcing them to -

a)

build new houses

b)

attend school

c)

move inland

d)

work on ships

7.

The area of West Virginia became a state because -

a)

its people opposed slavery

b)

Abraham Lincoln was elected

c)

its people supported women's suffrage

d)

John Brown caused a slave revolt

8.

What number marks the region where the first settlement in Virginia was located?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

9.

Which Virginian is responsible for these contributions?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

James Madison

10.

Which's group traditional homeland was located in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region of Virginia?

a)

Lakota

b)

English

c)

Powhatan

d)

African

11.

Which statement about these two Virginians is probably true?

a)

Only one led soldiers in the colonies.

b)

The took opposite sides in the American Revolution.

c)

Only one paid taxes in the colonies.

d)

The have different opinions about African-American slavery.

12.

Which group most likely have supported this type of meeting?

a)

Industrialists

b)

Abolitionists

c)

Plantation owners

d)

Confederate soldiers

13.

Which newspaper headline describes the results of the battle between the Merrimack and the Monitor?

a)

a

b)

b

c)

c

d)

d

14.

During the Civil War, which group did this work for the Confederate states?

a)

New European immigrants

b)

American Indians

c)

Southern Abolitionists

d)

Enslaved African Americans

15.

Which Virginia governor is known for the "Pay As You Go" road improvement policy?

a)

A. Lindwood Holton

b)

Mills E. Goodwin, Jr.

c)

Harry S Byrd, Sr.

d)

L. Douglas Wilder

16.

Which region completes this diagram?

a)

Piedmont

b)

Coastal Plain (Tidewater)

c)

Valley and Ridge

d)

Blue Ridge Mountains

17.

A settler in Richmond who wanted to return to Europe would travel on which river?

a)

James

b)

Shenandoah

c)

Roanoke

d)

Potomac

18.

Which body of water separates the Eastern Shore from the Virginia mainlad?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Potomac River

c)

Chesapeake Bay

d)

James River

19.

Which American Indians will be described in Mari's report?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Pamunkey

c)

Monacan

d)

Powhatan

20.

The best title for this diagram is -

a)

Why American Indians live in Virginia?

b)

The reasons to defend Jamestown From Spain.

c)

Why Jamestown nColonists Moved West?

d)

The Importance of Rivers to the Virginia Settlement.

21.

The first settlers founded Jamestown on-

a)

an island

b)

an isthmus

c)

a penninsula

d)

a strait

22.

Where did many Virginians settle after traveling through the Cumberland Gap?

a)

1 and 2

b)

1 and 3

c)

2 and 4

d)

3 and 4

23.

What was the result of this even?

a)

Colonists leave the Chesapeake Bay area.

b)

City rebuilt near Werowocomoco

c)

Colonists joined the local American Indian tribe

d)

Capital moved to Williamsburg

24.

The Charters of the Virginia Company of London gave -

a)

property rights to women

b)

religious freedom to slaves

c)

English rights to the colonists

d)

land to the American Indians

25.

Which phrase best completes this diagram?

a)

had the right to own slaves

b)

should own English land

c)

had the right to govern themselves

d)

should have an English king

26.

Which group completes this table?

a)

Earliest settlers

b)

Royal governors

c)

Wealthy families

d)

Local assemblies

27.

After Reconstruction, the freedoms given to African Americans were-

a)

taken away by Jim Crow law

b)

changed by the Supreme COurt

c)

increased by the Bill of Rights

d)

voted against by Congress

28.

If Jim Montgomery wins this election, his job will be to -

a)

make laws for the state

b)

decide which people go to court

c)

gather taxes for the state

d)

judge which laws are unconstitutional

29.

As a result of the Civil Rights movement, laws were passed that-

a)

gave immigrants the right to vote

b)

made racial discrimination illegal

c)

gave women the right to vote

d)

made child labor illegal

30.

Maria is a guide for visitors to a history museum. Maria works in the-

a)

tourism industry

b)

agriculture industry

c)

manufacturing industry

d)

transportation insdutry

31.

Which factor would persuade people to move from location 1 to location 2?

a)

religious freedom

b)

job opportunities

c)

smaller populations

d)

cleaner air

32.

What is the best title for this picture?

a)

Buying on credit

b)

Exchanging goods for services

c)

Saving goods for later use

d)

Bartering in the colonies

33.

What best replaces the question mark?

a)

Coal mines

b)

Farms

c)

Military bases

d)

Factories

34.

Why was the Freedmen's Bureau created?

a)

To help new immigrants

b)

To help former slaves

c)

To help planation owners

d)

To help southern soldiers

35.

Which industry has contributed most to migration within modern Virginia?

a)

Medicine

b)

Mining

c)

Agriculture

d)

Transportation