What is the proper name given to Virginia's Indians?
- Sioux
- Eastern Woodland
- Cherokee
- Pamunkey
What did Virginia Indians make their clothing from?
- Animal Skins
- Hair
- Large leaves
- They didn't wear clothes
What evidence is there that American Indians lived in all areas of the state?
- They left notes for people to find.
- They left teepees all over Virginia.
- They left artifacts, such as pottery and arrowheads.
What were the three major language groups found in Virginia?
Which of these is correct?
- Algonquian - Tidewater Region
Siouan - Piedmont Region
Iroquoian - Southwestern and Southern VA - Algonquian - Piedmont Region
Siouan - Southwestern and Southern VA
Iroquoian - Tidewater Region - Algonquian - Southwestern and Southern VA
Siouan - Tidewater Region
Iroquoian - Piedmont Region
Why did the English want to establish a colony in America?
- For gold and jewelry
- For fame and fortune
- For wealth and power
What did the charters provided to the Virginia Company insure?
- That they would always rule Virginia.
- That colonists would have the same rights as citizens of England.
- That they would be protected from the Indians.
What was the first elected legislative body in America?
- The Virginia House of Commons
- The Virginia General Assembly
- The Virginia House of Burgesses
What was the name of the chief of the tribe that the settlers first encountered?
- Sitting Bull
- Powhatan
- Geronimo
Why did the attitude of the Powhatans change toward the settlers?
- The settlers were eating all their food.
- They were afraid that the settlement would become larger and more settlers would come.
- The settlers were not being nice to the Powhatans.
What did the Virginia colony depend upon for it's wealth?
- Shipbuilding
- Ironworks
- Agriculture
How were the labor needs of the Virginia colony met?
- Slaves and Indentured Servants provided the labor.
- The people worked for themselves.
- They had no labor needs.
Give three of the four reasons that Virginia's capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg.
After Williamsburg, where was the capital city located?
- Richmond
- Petersburg
- Fredericksburg
- Jamestown
How did farmers commonly pay for goods and services?
- Barter
- Credit
- Cash
All Virginians fought for independence.
- True
- False
In exchange for fighting on the side of the King, what was promised to slaves.
- Better places to live.
- Better schools.
- Freedom
On what document is the Bill of Rights based?
- The Declaration of Independence
- The Mayflower Compact
- The Virginia Declaration of Rights
What is taxation with out representation?
- Being taxed without a representative within the government.
- Being taxed with out being asked first.
- Not being taxed at all.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
- Several colonists got together and drank tea together.
- The colonists dressed as Indians and threw the English tea into Boston Harbor.
- The colonists threw a party where everyone got free tea to take home.
Who is the author of the Declaration of Independence and the founder of the University of Virginia?
- Patrick Henry
- Nat Turner
- George Washington
- Thomas Jefferson
I said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" at St. John's Church in Richmond.
- Benjamin Franklin
- Patrick Henry
- George Mason
- Thomas Jefferson
I wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights.
- Patrick Henry
- George Mason
- Thomas Jefferson
- George Washington
Why was the site for Jamestown chosen?
- It was the first place the settlers landed.
- It was easily defended.
- The settlers were tired after a long journey and didn't want to go any further.
Jamestown was originally located on a peninsula in the James River and is now on an island.
- True
- False