Early Virginia Test

"Sic Semper Tyrannis" means _____________.

"Thus always to tyrants"

Match the following Virginia Constitutions to their provisions:

-established the Virginia General Assembly - Constitution of 1776 -expanded suffrage beyond landowners - Constitution of 1830 -eliminated property requirement for voting entirely - Constitution of 1851 -established Virginia's first public school - Constitution of 1851 -established Virginia's first public school system - Constitution of 1876 -established poll taxes and literacy tests for voting - 1902 -aligned Virginia's laws to federal legislation and court decisions - Constitution fo 1971

The first Africans arrived in Virginia in _______.

1619

In ______, King James revoked the Virginia Company's charter and made Virginia a royal colony.

1624

The Virginia Convention of ______ established the official state flag of Virginia.

1776

The headright system gave ______ acres to anyone who paid his own way for passage to Virginia and an additional ______acres for each settler he brought over.

50/50

Virginia has been the birthplace of _______ presidents.

8

Match the Native American people group with its primary area of occupation:

Algonquian-Coastal Plains Siouan-Piedmont and Blue Ridge Iroquoian-Western and Southeastern Virginia

The transition from indentured servitude to slavery as a source of labor was a primary result of _________ ___________.

Bacon's Rebellion

Which of the following is NOT true as a result of the establishment of the Church of England as the official church of the Virginia colony?

Citizens were required to give to charity.

The ______ ______ separates the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont, and is one of Virginia's most important geographical features.

Fall Line

True or False? Captain John Smith was the military officer who arrived in 1610 to turn the fortunes of Jamestown.

False

The French and Indian War became a conflict over dominance in _______ _________.

North America

True or False? Richmond began as a trading town for ships bringing goods up the James River.

True

During the French and Indian War, the Ohio River Valley was ____________.

the territory that caused the conflict

According to the 2013 census, Virginia is the _________ largest state.

12th

This man is known for developing tobacco as an important Virginia crop.

John Rolfe

Which states share a border with Virginia?

North Carolina Tennessee West Virginia Maryland Kentucky

Name Virginia's four major rivers.

Rappahannock, York, Potomac, James

True or False? The General Assembly as created at Jamestown served to advise the governor.

True

True or False? The Virginia Company founded the colony of Virginia in 1609 and governed it until 1624.

True

According to the lesson, Pocahontas' rescue of John Smith was probably___________.

ceremonial

Most conflicts between Native Americans and the Jamestown settlers came because they failed to understand one another's ______________.

culture

Most of the early settlers of Virginia arrived as _____________ ______________.

indentured servants

The book Old Dominion, New Commonwealth, states Virginia lost its influence in the nineteenth century because ____________.

it joined the Confederacy

Why did poor whites in Virginia support slavery?

it was the thing that allowed them to remain free

King Charles I gave the Burgesses the right to _____________.

levy taxes form a military regulate the church in Virginia change laws

Virginia's four major rivers create three peninsulas called _________.

necks

In 1624, King James I revoked the Virginia Company's charter and made Virginia a royal colony because ___________.

of complaints that the investors were not seeing dividends

The joint-stock model allowed people to ____________.

share the risk

Virginians justified using African slave labor because ____________.

they were already enslaved they were of a different race

According to Edmund Morgan, the economic system in Virginia had come to see "men as ______________."

things

Name three reasons England became interested in establishing colonies under Elizabeth I.

to remedy a shortage of land in England due to primogeniture to check the growing power of the Spanish to provide a haven for problematic groups opposed to the Anglican Church

What was Spanish name of the Native American who helped establish a Spanish camp in Virginia in 1570 and then betrayed them?

Don Luis de Velasco

What difficulties did the settlers encounter at Jamestown?

Diseases spread quickly The Powhatan Indians attacked Their supplies quickly dwindled

True or false? The first English settlement in the New World was Jamestown.

False

____________ is the only college in America older than William & Mary.

Harvard

The Great Charter authorized a representative assembly called the _______________________ to govern the Virginia colony.

House of Burgesses

Named royal governor in 1641, _________________ was one of the most powerful personalities in Virginia history.

Sir William Berkeley

What is the most important aquatic feature of Virginia's geography?

The Chesapeake Bay

Match each region of Virginia with the correct fact.

The Coastal Plain - Most populous region Piedmont - Largest region The Blue Ridge - Home of Shenandoah National Park The Valley and Ridge - Known for the agricultural riches of the Shenandoah Valley Appalachian Plateau - Smallest region