Regions
The region that is most East in Virginia. The Eastern Shore can be found here
Coastal Plain/Tidewater
Name the three languages we have learned about
Algonquian, Siouan, Iroquoian
The ________ gave the Virginia Company of London permission to settle Jamestown.
charter
Who worked with the settlers and taught them skills?
Powhatan
Which group of people settled in the Shenandoah Valley?
Germans and Scots-Irish
Name the region also called land at the foot of the mountain. Known for rolling hills
Peidmont
What region would we find the tribe that speaks Siouan and what is the name of that tribe
Piedmont -- Monacan
The Virginia Company of London was granted the charter by _______________
King James I
Who served as a translator between the settlers and the Indians and helped keep peace?
Pocohantas
What was the biggest economic source in the early settlement and during colonial times?
tobacco/agriculture
Name the region famous for the Great Valley and growing apples
Ridge and Valley
What language did the Powhatan Speak
Algonquian
What were reasons that the settlers struggled at Jamestown?
drinking water was bad
they had no skills
Why did the settlers eventually move their capital to Williamsburg?
bad drinking water
disease
fires
Williamsburg was easier to defend and was already established.
an indentured servant
Name the region in Virginia that has old rounded mountains and many rivers begin there
Blue Ridge Mountains
What language did the Cherokee Speak?
Iroquoian
What happened between 1609 and 1610 in Jamestown?
Starving time
List the capitals of Virginia in order.
Jamestown
Williamsburg
Richmond
If I buy something now and pay later, I am using>>
Credit
Name the region in south west Virginia where coal is a big part of the economy
Appalachian plateau
Where would we find the Iroquoian language groups?
Southwest Virginia and Southeast Virginia near North Carolina
Who helped turn Jamestown around by making people work for food?
Captain John Smith
Who introduced the sweet tobacco to the colony and married Pocohantas?
John Rolfe
If I give you a cow for a basket of corn, I am using (another name for trade)
barter