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
