Virginia Studies VS.1, VS.2, and VS.3 Caroline LaMagna, SPS ITRT

1. Because of its climate, Virginia has ___. only a few types of vegetation a variety of vegetation no vegetation just one type of vegetation

B. a variety of vegetation Answer B. a variety of vegetation

2. In which region are poultry and apples the major products? Tidewater Piedmont Allegheny Plateau Valley and Ridge

Answer Valley and Ridge

3. Which language was primarily spoken in Southwestern Virginia? Siouan Cherokee Iroquoian Algonquian

Answer C. Iroquoian

Potomac River James River Fall Line Blue Ridge Mountains 4. What forms the natural border between the Tidewater and Piedmont regions? Potomac River James River Fall Line Blue Ridge Mountains

Answer C. Fall Line

5. Which state does not border Virginia? North Carolina Mississippi Kentucky Maryland

Answer B. Mississippi

Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James 6. Name the four major rivers that flow into the Chesapeake Bay. These rivers are separated by peninsulas. Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James James, Roanoke, Rappahannock, Williamsburg Potomac, Rappahannock, James, Roanoke Potomac, Rappahannock, Roanoke, Shenandoah

Answer A. Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James

7. Virginia Indians are members of which Indian culture? Plains Indians Eastern Woodland Indians Pacific Indians Southwest Indians

B. Eastern Woodland Indians Answer B. Eastern Woodland Indians

8. Which region is labeled number 4 on the map? Piedmont Costal Plain Valley and Ridge Blue Ridge

Answer Piedmont

Northern and Western Southern and Western Northern and Eastern 9. Virginia is in North America. In which hemisphere is Virginia located? Northern and Western Southern and Western Northern and Eastern Southern and Eastern

Answer Northern and Western

10. What is the state capital of Virginia? Norfolk Washington, D.C. Suffolk Richmond

Answer D. Richmond

11. The first permanent English settlement in North America was __. The Lost Colony Jamestown Roanoke Island Plymouth Rock

Answer B. Jamestown

the Virginia Company of London 12. The power to grant charters allowing settlements in North America belonged to _____. Parliament the King of England the House of Commons the Virginia Company of London

Answer the King of England

They believed they had a good supply of fresh water. 13. Which of these was NOT a reason for choosing the site at Jamestown? They believed they had a good supply of fresh water. The water along the shore was deep enough for ships to dock. The Spanish had agreed not to settle there. The location could be easily defended from attack by sea.

C. The Spanish had agreed not to settle there. Answer C. The Spanish had agreed not to settle there.

Virginia House of Commons Virginia House of Delegates 14. The first elected legislative body in North America that included members elected by the people was called the ____. Virginia Assembly Virginia House of Commons Virginia House of Delegates Virginia House of Representatives

Answer Virginia Assembly

15. Who financed the settlement of Jamestown? Stockholders of the Virginia Company of London Friends of the King of England King George III King James I

Answer A. Stockholders of the Virginia Company of London

16. Today, Jamestown is ____. located on an island in the James River located on a narrow peninsula in the James River located on a narrow peninsula in the York River located on an island in the Chesapeake Bay

A. located on an island in the James River Answer A. located on an island in the James River

17. Jamestown was primarily an ___. adventure for the bored upper classes enormous failure opportunity to explore economic venture

Answer D. Economic venture

The Powhatan people willingly gave up the land to the settlers. 18. Which of the following was NOT a contribution by the Powhatan people to the survival of the Jamestown settlers? The Powhatan people introduced new crops to the English, including corn and tobacco. Pocahontas believed the English and American Indians could live in harmony. The Powhatan people willingly gave up the land to the settlers. Pocahontas began a friendship with the colonists that helped them survive.

Answer C. The Powhatan people willingly gave up the land to the settlers.

Christopher Newport Lord De La Warr John Smith John White 19. The trading relationship between the settlers at Jamestown and the Powhatans was initiated by ___. Christopher Newport Lord De La Warr John Smith John White

Answer C. John Smith

20. The Powhatan Indians helped the colonists survive by ___. helping them rebuild the colony teaching them how to navigate the rivers and to hunt teaching them how to fish showing the colonists how to grow corn and tobacco

D. showing the colonists how to grow corn and tobacco Answer D. showing the colonists how to grow corn and tobacco