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WorksheetsVirginia Social Studies SOL Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
In which direction would you travel from Richmond to Alexandria?
North
South
East
West
Which group established the town of Werowocomoco?
English Settlers
American Indians
Spanish missionaries
African Americans
People studying the past best learn about artifacts like these by -
designing them on computers
seeing them in the newspapers
digging at archaeological sites
looking at colonial pictures
Which of these happened last?
Settlers learned survival skills from Powhatan and other native peoples.
Native peoples saw the settlers as invaders taking their land.
Settlers communicated with the native peoples through Pocahontas.
Native people taught the settlers to plant corn and other crops.
What is the best example of a cultural landscape?
tree
cow
barn
tractor
The arrival of European settlers changed the lives of American Indians by forcing them to -
build new houses
attend school
move inland
work on ships
The area of West Virginia became a state because -
its people opposed slavery
Abraham Lincoln was elected
its people supported women's suffrage
John Brown caused a slave revolt
What number marks the region where the first settlement in Virginia was located?
1
2
3
4
Which Virginian is responsible for these contributions?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Patrick Henry
James Madison
Which's group traditional homeland was located in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region of Virginia?
Lakota
English
Powhatan
African
Which statement about these two Virginians is probably true?
Only one led soldiers in the colonies.
The took opposite sides in the American Revolution.
Only one paid taxes in the colonies.
The have different opinions about African-American slavery.
Which group most likely have supported this type of meeting?
Industrialists
Abolitionists
Plantation owners
Confederate soldiers
Which newspaper headline describes the results of the battle between the Merrimack and the Monitor?
a
b
c
d
During the Civil War, which group did this work for the Confederate states?
New European immigrants
American Indians
Southern Abolitionists
Enslaved African Americans
Which Virginia governor is known for the "Pay As You Go" road improvement policy?
A. Lindwood Holton
Mills E. Goodwin, Jr.
Harry S Byrd, Sr.
L. Douglas Wilder
Which region completes this diagram?
Piedmont
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
Valley and Ridge
Blue Ridge Mountains
A settler in Richmond who wanted to return to Europe would travel on which river?
James
Shenandoah
Roanoke
Potomac
Which body of water separates the Eastern Shore from the Virginia mainlad?
Atlantic Ocean
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
James River
Which American Indians will be described in Mari's report?
Cherokee
Pamunkey
Monacan
Powhatan
The best title for this diagram is -
Why American Indians live in Virginia?
The reasons to defend Jamestown From Spain.
Why Jamestown nColonists Moved West?
The Importance of Rivers to the Virginia Settlement.
The first settlers founded Jamestown on-
an island
an isthmus
a penninsula
a strait
Where did many Virginians settle after traveling through the Cumberland Gap?
1 and 2
1 and 3
2 and 4
3 and 4
What was the result of this even?
Colonists leave the Chesapeake Bay area.
City rebuilt near Werowocomoco
Colonists joined the local American Indian tribe
Capital moved to Williamsburg
The Charters of the Virginia Company of London gave -
property rights to women
religious freedom to slaves
English rights to the colonists
land to the American Indians
Which phrase best completes this diagram?
had the right to own slaves
should own English land
had the right to govern themselves
should have an English king
Which group completes this table?
Earliest settlers
Royal governors
Wealthy families
Local assemblies
After Reconstruction, the freedoms given to African Americans were-
taken away by Jim Crow law
changed by the Supreme COurt
increased by the Bill of Rights
voted against by Congress
If Jim Montgomery wins this election, his job will be to -
make laws for the state
decide which people go to court
gather taxes for the state
judge which laws are unconstitutional
As a result of the Civil Rights movement, laws were passed that-
gave immigrants the right to vote
made racial discrimination illegal
gave women the right to vote
made child labor illegal
Maria is a guide for visitors to a history museum. Maria works in the-
tourism industry
agriculture industry
manufacturing industry
transportation insdutry
Which factor would persuade people to move from location 1 to location 2?
religious freedom
job opportunities
smaller populations
cleaner air
What is the best title for this picture?
Buying on credit
Exchanging goods for services
Saving goods for later use
Bartering in the colonies
What best replaces the question mark?
Coal mines
Farms
Military bases
Factories
Why was the Freedmen's Bureau created?
To help new immigrants
To help former slaves
To help planation owners
To help southern soldiers
Which industry has contributed most to migration within modern Virginia?
Medicine
Mining
Agriculture
Transportation
