Name: _______________________________________ Date: ______________
1. How did native people of past survive?
a. they traded with the colonists
b. they traded with the French fur trappers
c. they hunted, fished and farmed
d. they made money from selling tobacco
2. What two large bodies of water border Virginia?
a. The Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay
b. The Atlantic Ocean and the Potomac River
c. The Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay
d. The Chesapeake Bay and the York River
3. What documents gave the Virginia Company of London the right to start a settlement?
a. The Declaration of Independence
b. The Charters
c. The Constitution
d. The Articles of Confederation
4. A crop that is grown be sold is a
a. Cash crop
b. Money crop
c. Seller’s market
d. Buyer’s crop
5. The arrival of Africans made it possible to
a. move to the west
b. expand the tobacco economy
c. build more houses
d. diversify the population
6. The farming or growing of crops or livestock is
a. Industry
b. Agriculture
c. Marketing
d. Cash cropping
7. When was the first meeting of the General Assembly?
a. 1607
b. 1776
c. 1619
d. 1787
8. Jamestown was an ____________________
a. easy way to find spices
b. alternate route to China
c. economic venture
d. accident on the way to Florida
9. What was the first elected legislative body in Virginia?
a. The Virginia House of Burgesses
b. The Governor’s Council
c. The delegates
d. The senate
10. What is NOT a way you would describe relative location?
a. next to
b. near
c. bordering
d. Route 460
11. What did American Indians use for clothing in the winter?
a. cotton
b. wool
c. animal skins
d. lycra
12. What is the border that prevents further travel by river?
a. Fall Line
b. Blue Ridge Mountains
c. Water Line
d. River Line
13. Where was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
a. Richmond
b. Virginia Beach
c. Williamsburg
d. Jamestown
14. How was the settlement at Jamestown financed?
a. King James I paid for it
b. The settlers were taxed
c. The Virginia Company of London sold stock
d. Each settler paid their own way
15. What is the Piedmont Region like?
a. rolling hills
b. low, flat land
c. old, rounded mountains
d. high, flat land
16. How long have American Indians lived in Virginia?
a. hundreds of years
b. thousands of years
c. millions of years
d. billions of years
17. When did women arrive in the Virginia Colony?
a. 1619
b. 1620
c. 1776
d. 1607
18. Which is not a hardship settlers faced?
a. the site they lived on was marshy and lacked safe drinking water
b. they lacked necessary survival skills
c. they died of starvation and diseases
d. the Indians would not trade with them
19. What large Indian village was used as Powhatan headquarters before settlers arrived?
a. Jamestown
b. Werowocomoco
c. Cherokee nation
d. Richmond
20. What is the Blue Ridge Mountain region like?
a. rolling hills
b. low, flat land
c. old, rounded mountains
d. high, flat land
21. What is the Blue Ridge Mountain Region the source of?
a. waterfalls
b. many rivers
c. many legends
d. Virginia’s coal
22. What is a plateau?
a. Land surrounded by water on three sides
b. low, flat land
c. old, rounded mountains
d. high, flat land
23. Where were the first Africans from that arrived in the Virginia Colony?
a. West Coast of Africa
b. East Coast of Mali
c. Near the Arabian Peninsula
d. Portugal
24. Who initiated trading relations with the Indians?
a. John Smith
b. Pocahontas
c. John Rolfe
d. Lord De La Warr
25. When was Jamestown founded?
a. 1619
b. 1620
c. 1606
d. 1607
26. What is a peninsula?
a. rolling hills
b. land surrounded by water on three sides
c. old, rounded mountains
d. high, flat land
27. The study of ______________________ helps people understand the past.
a. mountains
b. archeology
c. biology
d. ecology
28. Why was the Atlantic Ocean important to the history of early Virginia?
a. Transportation routes
b. So they could easily escape the Indians
c. A fresh water supply
d. To study ocean life
29. How do Native Americans live today?
a. on reservations
b. like other Americans
c. in longhouses and teepees
d. in Canada
30. How many tribes are recognized by Virginia’s government?
a. five
b. six
c. seven
d. eight
31. Where do the Potomac, James, York and Rappahannock Rivers flow?
a. Into the mountains
b. Into the Chesapeake Bay
c. Over the New River
d. Around the United States
32. What did Native Peoples trade to the settlers?
a. Gold and silver
b. copper
c. food and furs
d. metal tools
33. What important cities are on the James River?
a. Richmond and Jamestown
b. Yorktown
c. Fredericksburg
d. Alexandria
34. What did Virginia’s Indians eat in the spring?
a. they fished and picked berries
b. they harvested
c. they hunted and ate stored food
d. they grew crops, fished and hunted
35. Which of the following tribes NOT a recognized tribe in the Coastal Plain region today?
a. Chickahominy
b. Mattaponi
c. Cherokee
d. Pamunkey
36. What culture does the place name Roanoke represent?
a. African
b. European
c. Indian
d. Japanese
37. What important city is on the York River?
a. Richmond and Jamestown
b. Yorktown
c. Fredericksburg
d. Alexandria
38. Where was Jamestown located when it was first settled?
a. on a narrow peninsula
b. on an island
c. on Cape Henry
d. near the Potomac River
39. What culture does the place name Richmond represent?
a. African
b. European
c. Indian
d. Chinese
40. The native people helped the colony survive by:
a. going to war with them
b. teaching them survival skills
c. showing them where the secret food was stored
d. healing the sick
41. What did Virginia’s Indians eat in the winter?
a. they fished and picked berries
b. they harvested
c. they hunted and ate stored food
d. they grew crops, fished and hunted
42. Where did the Germans and Scots-Irish primarily settle?
a. Piedmont
b. New River Valley
c. Shenandoah Valley
d. Coastal Plain
43. What important city is on the Rappahannock River?
a. Richmond and Jamestown
b. Yorktown
c. Fredericksburg
d. Alexandria
44. What did the English think they would find in America?
a. grease
b. religious freedom
c. whales
d. silver and gold
45. What important city is on the Potomac River?
a. Richmond and Jamestown
b. Yorktown
c. Fredericksburg
d. Alexandria
46. Where is the Dismal Swamp located?
a. In the Atlantic Ocean
b. In the Coastal Plain Region
c. In the Appalachian Plateau region
d. Near the Blue Ridge mountains
47. What is the largest natural lake in Virginia?
a. Lake Superior
b. Lake Michigan
c. Lake Norman
d. Lake Drummond
48. What is the peninsula bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay?
a. Middle Peninsula
b. Northern Neck
c. Eastern Shore
d. Lower peninsula
49. Why did Christopher Columbus call the native peoples in the lands he discovered “Indians”?
a. Because he thought he was in the Indies (near China).
b. Because he wanted to be in India
c. He didn’t like the natives
d. The Indians told him what to call them
50. Where is Jamestown located today?
a. on a peninsula in the James River
b. on an island in the James River
c. near the mouth of the Mississippi River
d. near the Canary Islands
51. What evidence is there that American Indians lived in all areas of the state?
a. Artifacts
b. Written records
c. Pictures
d. Foods
52. Where was the Algonquian language spoken?
a. Coastal Plain
b. Piedmont
c. Southwest Virginia
d. North Carolina
53. Where was the Siouan language spoken?
a. Coastal Plain
b. Piedmont
c. Southwest Virginia
d. North Carolina
54. What do we call unprocessed natural materials used in manufacturing?
a. raw materials
b. machines
c. chalk
d. finished materials
55. Over time the Indians realized that the English population would
a. help them survive
b. continue to grow
c. make them stronger
d. take all their gold
56. Where was the Iroquoian language spoken?
a. Coastal Plain
b. Piedmont
c. Southwest Virginia
d. North Carolina
57. What covers most of Virginia’s land?
a. Forests
b. Grasslands
c. Plains
d. Tundra
58. What large Indian group are Virginia’s Indians a part of?
a. Sioux
b. Eastern Woodland
c. US Indians
d. Northern Canadian
59. What word describes how the Indians eventually felt about the settlers?
a. invaders
b. friends
c. partners
d. countrymen
60. What did Virginia’s Indians eat in the fall?
a. they fished and picked berries
b. they harvested
c. they hunted and ate stored food
d. they grew crops, fished and hunted
61. What helped the colony survive? (4 things)
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62. What three groups were represented in Virginia’s early culture?
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63. Color the regions where the Africans mainly settled.
64. Why was Virginia’s capital moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg? (3 reasons)
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