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Virginia Social Studies

ReviewJamestown 1607 – Twentieth Century

Developed by: Miss WhiteoakMarch 2003

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Question 1

Which body of water is shown by 1 on the map?

A Chesapeake BayB Atlantic OceanC James RiverD Potomac River

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Question 2

What state does NOT border Virginia?

A Maryland

B Pennsylvania

C North Carolina

D Tennessee

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Question 3

The Appalachian Plateau is located:

A in northeast Virginia

B in southeast Virginia

C in southwest Virginia

D on the border of Virginia and Maryland

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Question 4

Many early Virginia settlements were located along rivers because:

A goods and products could be shipped easily

B gold was usually found near rivers

C the water was used for irrigation of crops

D the settlers needed the water for drinking and cooking

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Question 5The Cherokee Indians lived in the southwestern mountains of Virginia and belonged to which language group?

A Iroquoian

B Algonquian

C Siouan

D Powhatan

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Question 6

The first permanent English settlement in North America was:

A Jamestown

B Roanoke

C St. Augustine

D Williamsburg

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Question 7

The Virginia Company was able to buy the ships and supplies needed to start the colony by:

A selling shares of stock in the company

B asking the King for money

C obtaining a loan from Parliament

D using the government’s ships and supplies

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Question 8The charters granted to the settlement were important because they:

A gave English rights to the colonists

B established religious freedom

C outlawed taxes

D gave all colonists the right to vote

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Question 9

One important job of the House of Burgesses was to:

A build a church

B trade with the Indians

C make the laws

D plant the crops

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Question 10

Slave labor became very important to the colony because thesettlers needed the slaves to:

A help build their homes

B work in the tobacco fields

C do the cooking and cleaning

D take care of the children

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Question 11

The Indians traded food, furs, and leather to the settlers for:

A land

B metal tools

C tobacco

D wheat

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Question 12As the number of colonists increased and the colonists needed more land to raise tobacco, they took more land from theIndians which caused the Indians to:

A attack the settlers

B destroy the tobacco fields

C find more land for tobacco farming

D help the colonists raise and sell more tobacco

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Question 13

John Rolfe made an important contribution to the Virginiacolony by:

A mapping the rivers of the colony

B requiring all colonists to work

C growing a type of tobacco that could be sold in England

D speaking against the King and taxes

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Question 14

Tobacco was grown as a cash crop. Cash crops are:

A very expensive to grow

B grown to be sold for profit

C only paid for with cash

D very difficult to grow

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Question 15

The Germans and the Scotch-Irish settled primarily in the:

A Tidewater region

B Piedmont region

C Shenandoah Valley area

D Blue Ridge Mountains

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Question 16

The Africans settled mainly in areas where agriculture required a great deal of labor such as in the:

A Tidewater and Piedmont

B Blue Ridge Mountains

C Shenandoah Valley

D Appalachian Plateau

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Question 17

Which of the following statements about the economy ofcolonial Virginia is false?

A Banks provided currency and coins

B Barter was commonly used

C Colonists could buy goods on credit

D Tobacco receipts were used as money

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Question 18

One of the main ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence was that:

A authority to rule belongs only to the king

B all people are created equal and have rights

C countries should not be allowed to have colonies

D taxes are unfair and not needed

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Question 19Many of Virginia’s slaves fought in the American Revolution because they were promised:

A freedom

B guns

C money

D land

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Question 20The words, “I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.” encouraged many Virginians to demand freedom from the British. These words were spoken by:

A Thomas Jefferson

B Patrick Henry

C James Madison

D George Washington

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Question 21

The American victory at Yorktown was important because:

A it convinced the French to fight with the Americans

B the colonists gained control of Philadelphia

C the Americans were able to capture needed weapons and supplies

D it resulted in the surrender of the British army

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Question 22Due to his skills at compromising and keeping of detailed notesduring the Constitutional Convention, what Virginian became known as “Father of the Constitution”?

A Benjamin Franklin

B James Madison

C Thomas Jefferson

D George Washington

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Question 23

The idea that all people should be able to worship as they please was outlined by Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the :

A Bill of Rights

B First Charter of Virginia

C Emancipation Proclamation

D Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

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Question 24

Many of the ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence and in the United States Constitution’s Bill of Rights can be traced back to the:

A Emancipation Proclamation

B Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom

C Dunmore Proclamation

D Virginia Declaration of Rights

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Question 25

As the country grew and expanded, new states wanted to become part of the United States. New states which did not want slaverywere called:

A patriot states

B slave states

C free states

D loyalist states

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Question 26A person who was in favor of doing away with slavery was called:

A abolitionist

B indentured servant

C loyalist

D patriot

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Question 27

The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 caused cotton to become a valuable crop and:

A the North to become an agricultural area

B made slave labor more important in the South

C led to an increase of slavery in the North

D created a rapid rise of factories in the South

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Question 28

The slave rebellion of 1831 that resulted in harsher lawsto control slaves was led by:

A Nathaniel Bacon

B Crispus Attucks

C Frederick Douglass

D Nat Turner

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Question 29

In an attempt to get weapons for slaves to use in their fight forfreedom, a raid on Harper’s Ferry was led by the abolitionist:

A John Brown

B Dred Scott

C Nat Turner

D Nathaniel Bacon

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Question 30One reason Virginia decided to join the Confederate States because it did NOT want to:

A fight other southern states

B give women the right to vote

C pay taxes on slaves

D buy manufactured goods from northern factories

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Question 31The first major battle between the armies of the North andSouth was fought at:

A Gettysburg

B Richmond

C Fredericksburg

D Bull Run

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Question 32The Confederate general who received a nickname for standingfirm with his troops against the Union soldiers at the first battleof Bull Run was:

A Robert E. Lee

B Stonewall Jackson

C George Pickett

D JEB Stuart

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Question 33“On to Richmond” was often the battle cry of the Union. TheUnion troops wanted to capture Richmond because:

A an important naval shipyard was located there

B it was the capital of the Confederacy

C many textile factories were located there

D it was known as the “bread basket of the Confederacy”

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Question 34

The Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when General Leesurrendered at:

A Antietam

B Appomattox

C Gettysburg

D Yorktown

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Question 35The government plan for rebuilding the South was called:

A Emancipation Plan

B Reconstruction

C Segregation

D Integration

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Question 36Following the Civil War, Virginia faced all of the followingproblems EXCEPT:

A Confederate money had no value and the economy had collapsed

B Buildings, bridges, crops, and railroads were destroyed

C Newly freed slaves received no help from the Freedmen’s Bureau

D Banks were closed

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Question 37After the Civil War, Virginia was in ruins and there was little money. Landowners could not afford to pay workers so they formed a system in which workers would give the landowners part of their crop in exchange for tools andfood. This practice was known as:

A black codes

B segregation

C sharecropping

D federation

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Question 38After Reconstruction ended in 1877, blacks in the South:

A held many government offices

B were treated fairly

C lost many of their rights

D enjoyed the full privilege of citizenship

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Question 39The practice that separated the blacks and whites in the South called:

A segregation

B emancipation

C ratification

D integration

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Question 40Which of the following was not an effect of the “Jim Crow” laws?

A African Americans were forced to use separate drinking fountains

B African Americans and white children attended separate schools

C African Americans found it difficult to vote and hold public office

D Poll taxes and voting tests were prohibited

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Question 41

After the Civil War many small towns grew into cities due to the building of:

A airports

B canals

C interstate highways

D railroads

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Question 42New industries developed in Tazwell and southwest Virginiaafter the Civil War due to the discovery of:

A coal

B gold

C silver

D oil

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Question 43Many people left farms and moved to the cities at the beginning of the 20th century because:

A city life was more exciting

B food and housing was cheaper in cities

C there were more jobs with better pay there

D Indians were taking the best farm land

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Question 44During the 20th century, Virginia changed from an agriculturalto an industrial society because:

A crop prices were high

B farm land was too expensive

C old systems of farming were no longer effective

D railroads took all of the best farm land

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Question 45

The cities in the Northern Virginia region have experienced growth due to:

A jobs in the federal government and computer technology

B the interstate highway system

C the large number of museums and parks in the area

D the development of the Metro, an underground system of mass transit

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Question 46

Many Virginians were against integration and decided to fight against the Supreme Court’s ruling to integrate public schools. Their movement was called:

A Massive Resistance

B Abolitionist Movement

C Reconstruction

D Emancipation

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Question 47

The first African American to be elected Governor of Virginiaand any state is:

A Martin Luther King, Jr.

B Robert Scott

C L. Douglas Wilder

D Jesse Jackson

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Question 48Virginia’s coal is mined primarily in the:

A Tidewater region

B Piedmont region

C Blue Ridge Mountains

D Appalachian Plateau

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Question 49Although tobacco is grown in all areas of the state, it is a majorproduct of:

A Tidewater

B Piedmont

C Blue Ridge Mountains

D Appalachian Plateau

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Question 50Which of the following is NOT a major export of Virginia?

A coal

B poultry

C tobacco

D rice

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