Ch. 6
There are ___ tourist regions in West Virginia.
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Which explorer(s) had this goal and end result?
Goal: Break Occaneechi trade monopoly
End Result: Strengthened VA trade with Cherokee and decreased power held by Spain and the Occaneechi
Needham and Arthur
French and British
Before 1700 or after 1700?
Alexander Spotswood
AFTER 1700
In which tourist region do these counties belong?
Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Taylor
Mountaineer Country
Before 1700 or after 1700?
Batts and Fallam
BEFORE 1700
France gave ___ the following pieces of land:
New Orleans, Louisiana
Spain
What document forbade settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains and required anyone living west of the line to move east?
Proclamation of 1763
Starting in 2024, West Virginia is allowed ___ Electoral College votes in presidential elections.
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In which tourist region do these counties belong?
Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne
Hatfield-McCoy Mountains
Which explorer(s) had this goal and end result?
Goal: Reclaim/strengthen claim to Ohio Valley for France
End Result: Strengthened French claim to Ohio Valley
Celoron de Blainville
Great Britain gave ___ the following pieces of land:
Caribbean Islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe
France
___ was the last county to be created before West Virginia became a separate state.
Webster
The battleship USS West Virginia was sunk by Japanese planes at ___ ___ on Dec. 7, 1941.
Pearl Harbor
List West Virginia's geographic regions from EAST to WEST.
Potomac Section, Allegheny Highlands, Allegheny Plateau, Ohio River Valley
The French colonized which parts of North America between 1650-1750?
Explain why most Native American tribes chose to fight with the French during the French and Indian War.
The French only wanted the land for fur trade, not permanent settlement.
In which tourist region do these counties belong?
Berkeley, Morgan, Jefferson
Eastern Panhandle
Keyser native, ___ ___, wrote "Frosty the Snowman" in 1950.
Jack Rollins
In which tourist region do these counties belong?
Braxton, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas, Upshur, Webster
Mountain Lakes
Which explorer(s) had this goal and end result?
Goal: Expand British land claim into present day West Virginia
End Result: Maps were made of western VA
John Lederer
What two treaties nullified the Proclamation of 1763 and allowed movement west of the Allegheny Mountains?
What was the importance of the Battle of Point Pleasant?
It established a temporary peace between the Native Americans and the colonists before the start of the American Revolution.
Charleston native, ___ ___, played college basketball for the University of Tennessee and was drafted by the WNBA's Detroit Shock in 2008.
Alexis Hornbuckle