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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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