Geography
and Water
and Water
What ocean borders Virginia to the East?
The Atlantic Ocean
What do we call arrowheads, pottery, and other tools that have been found tell a lot about the people who lived in Virginia?
Artifacts
Jamestown was primarily an ___________?
economic venture
What is a crop grown to sell for money called? and what was Virginia's most profitable one?
A Cash Crop; Tobacco
During the war some fought against Britain and were called patriots, others remained loyal and were loyalists, what were the group who didn't choose either side called?
Neutral
Name the four states that border Virginia
Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina
What are the three major languages spoken by Native Americans in Virginia?
Iroquoian, Siouan, Algonquian
When the settlers arrived Jamestown was on a _____ but now it is on an ________.
peninsula, island
What were the four reasons that they moved the capital from Jamestown to Williamsburg?
1. Drinking water in Jamestown was contaminated by 2. Unhealthy living conditions caused diseases.
3. Fire destroyed wooden and brick buildings at Jamestown.
4. Williamsburg was an already established town.
This group of people took on more responsibilities during the Revolutionary War.
Women
Name the 4 major rivers in Virginia from North to south
Potomac River, Rappahannock River, York River, James River
Virginia's American Indians are referred to as what?
Eastern Woodland Indians
What year did the women arrive in Jamestown
1620
What cultural group settled primarily in the Shenandoah Valley, which was along the migration route.
Germans and Scots-Irish
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What are the 5 regions of Virginia from West to East?
Appalachian Plateau, Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plains (Tidewater)
This is a large Indian town located on the York River, used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before the
Werowocomoco
Who created the forced work program and said if you don't work you don't eat?
John Smith
What is a good or service owed another person?
debt
Where did the last major battle of the Revolutionary War take place?
Yorktown
What is the name of the famous swamp in the Coastal Plains? Bonus point if you can name the lake in the center of it!
Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond
What were the three major tribal groups in Virginia?
Cherokee, Siouan, Powhatan
1. Establish a settlement in North America
2. Define the physical boundaries of the colony
3. Extend English rights to the settlers
Colonists in Virginia depended on what three types of resources?
Natural, Human, and Capital Resources
What were the three reasons the capital moved from Williamsburg to Richmond?
1. The population was moving westward for more opportunities.
2. Richmond was a more central location.
3. Moving to Richmond increased the distance from the sea and possible attack by the British