The First Virginians
This language group was spoken primarily in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region, and the Powhatan belonged to it.
Algonquian
Virginia's capital moved from Jamestown to this city in 1699 because of fires and unhealthy drinking water.
Williamsburg
He is known as the "Father of the Constitution" because of his brilliant notes and leadership during the Constitutional Convention.
James Madison
This is the name for the time period after the Civil War when Southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the United States.
Reconstruction
Because Northern Virginia is located right next to Washington, D.C., a huge number of Virginians work in this job sector.
Federal Government
The Monacan belonged to this language group, which was spoken primarily in the rolling hills of the Piedmont region.
Siouian
During the American Revolution, the capital moved from Williamsburg to this city to be safer from British attack.
Richmond
He wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which stated that all people have basic human rights like freedom of the press.
George Mason
This government agency provided food, schools, and medical care to freed African Americans and poor whites after the Civil War.
The Freedmen's Bureau
This small, rugged region in the far southwestern corner of Virginia is famous for its coal mining industry.
Appalachian Plateau
The Cherokee spoke this language group and lived in the southern and western parts of Virginia.
Iroquoian
In colonial Virginia, most white settlers made their living doing this type of work.
Farming/Agriculture
This document, written by Thomas Jefferson, declared that all people should be completely free to choose their own religion.
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
In this unfair farming system, a poor farmer rented land by promising to give a portion of their autumn crops to the landowner.
Sharecropping
Tourism is a major industry in Virginia because millions of people come to visit this historical home of Thomas Jefferson. ***SECOND DOUBLE JEOPARDY. WORTH 2x POINTS***
Monticello
This was a large, historic Indian town used as a headquarters by Chief Powhatan for many years before the English arrived.
Werowocomoco
This word means trading goods or services for other goods or services without using any paper money or coins.
Barter
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! 2X the POINTS. After the Revolution, thousands of settlers migrated west out of Virginia through this specific pass in the Appalachian Mountains.
The Cumberland Gap
The expansion of these tracks across Virginia helped small towns grow into big cities and boosted the economy after the war.
Railroads
This massive manufacturing industry is vital to the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region, especially for building giant navy ships.
Shipbuilding
This type of scientist studies artifacts left behind by people to learn about how they lived long ago in Virginia.
Archaeologist
Because there was very little actual cash in the colony, Virginians used this cash crop just like money to pay their bills.
Tobacco
Tobacco farming did this to the soil, forcing many Virginia families to pack up and move west to find new farmland.
Depleted (wore out) the soil.
These laws were passed by Southern states to legally separate African Americans and white people in schools, restaurants, and trains.
Jim Crow Laws
This crop, along with soybeans and poultry (chickens), remains one of Virginia's top agricultural products today.
Tobacco (corn and wheat are also acceptable answers.)