History 3630
History of Virginia
Test 1 Review Questions
1. The Protestant Reformation in England was initiated by the monarch ______.
2. Which of the following is NOT evidence of the Spanish presence in Southwest Virginia and Northwest NC?
a. Spanish artifacts dug up near Morganton, NC
b. human remains of Spanish explorers found near Saltville
c. written documents relating to the Pardo expedition of 1567
d. an account of an Indian woman who had married a Spaniard and moved to St. Augustine
3. The great publicist for English colonization efforts in the late 16th century was
a. John Bonham
b. Richard Hakluyt
c. Robin Trower
d. Robert Plant
4. The English courtier ______sponsored the Roanoke settlement.
5. What was the main problem with the site of Jamestown?
a. it was too close to the coast and susceptible to Spanish attack
b. it was situated at an Indian settlement
c. the settlers had no place to anchor their ships
d. the drinking water was no good
6. How did Chief Powhatan view the Jamestown settlers?
a. as potential allies in his empire-building plans
b. with suspicion as a possible threat
c. as the powerful deities to be worshipped as foretold by his holy men
d. a and b above
e. all of the above
7. Powhatan Indians belonged to which larger group of Eastern Woodland Indians?
a. Cherokee
b. Algonquian
c. Abenaki
d. Sioux
8. Pocahontas married the English settler named ______.
9. Powhatan’s brother who evinced a hatred of the English from the beginning was
a. Opechancanough
b. Queequeg
c. Metacom
d. Tsenacommacah
10. Shakespeare’s play ______is based on the wreck of the Sea Venture on Barbados
11. The winter of 1609-10 is known as the
a. “starving time”
b. first Thanksgiving
c. “winter of our discontent”
d. “restoration”
12. The “Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall” were
a. very harsh
b. the first examples of guarantees of individual freedom in western society
c. designed to establish order
d. a and c above
e. all of the above
13. The dominant labor system in Virginia through the 1680s was
a. indentured servitude
b. African slavery
c. free wage labor
d. share-cropping
14. The governor whom Nathaniel Bacon opposed in his rebellion was
a. Richard West
b. Samuel Argall
c. William Berkeley
d. William Byrd
15. According to Virginia law passed in 1662, the status of a person, whether slave or free, came from the
a. mother
b. father
c. nationality
d. ability to work
16. _____ True or False: By 1667, an African could become free by converting to Christianity.
17. Two names central to the settlement of the Shenandoah Valley are
a. Carter and Jefferson
b. Patton and Preston
c. Morgan and Freeman
d. Giles and Eppes
18. _____ True or False: Most settlers of western Virginia came from eastern Virginia.
19. Characteristics of western Virginia in the 18th century included
a. a nearly even split between black and white residents
b. a white population of mostly former servants
c. large in-migration from Pennsylvania
d. b and c above
e. all of the above
20. Before the Revolution, the Church of England in Virginia was “established,” meaning
a. ministers received their salaries from the government
b. slaves were required to attend Church
c. taxes were used to support all denominations
d. all of the above