Geography
Native Peoples
Jamestown
Colonial Life
Misellaneous
100
What county is most famous for its coal and coal mining industries?
Tazewell County
100
What is the name of Chief Powhatan's daughter?
Pocahantas
100
What was the name of the company that was in charge of funding the Jamestown Settlement?
Virginia Company of London
100
When did Africans first arrive in America?
1620
100
Who was the first African American tennis player to win 3 world titles?
Arthur Ashe
200
What region's main product is the apple?
Valley and Ridge
200
What region do the Siouan Indians currently reside in?
Piedmont
200
When did the Africans get to Jamestown?
What is 1619
200
What was the main cash crop for the settlers?
What is tobacco
200
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
American civil rights movement, mass protest movement against racial segregation and discrimination in the southern United States that came to national prominence during the mid-1950's.
300
What region is apples mainly produced in?
Valley and Ridge
300
Where do the Pawnee tribe live?
What is Nebraska
300
What are the reasons women came to Jamestown and what year did they come in
To make a bigger population and to help with the sewing, cooking, help with crops ect. woman came in 1620
300
What did the economy of Virginia Colony depend on?
What is agriculture, power and wealth
300
Who is the first African American President?
Barack Obama
400
What are ALL of the characteristics of the Blue Ridge Mountains?
Old, rounded mountains, Part of Appalachian mountain system, Located between the Piedmont and Valley and Ridge regions Source of many rivers
400
Why are Native People called Indians?
Christopher Columbus called the people he found in the lands he explored “Indians” because he thought he was in the Indies.
400
When did the House of Burgesses become their own legislative body?
What is 1640
400
Where did the English and most of the Europeans primarily settle?
What is the Coastal Plain Region
400
Why did most of Virginia's population start to move to more urban areas in the late 1800's?
There were many more job opportunities.
500
How did most poor white farmers make a living?
They mostly owned small farms
500
Name most, if not all of the state recognized Indian tribes in Virginia.
Chickahominy Tribe Eastern Chickahominy Tribe Mattaponi Tribe Nansemond Tribe Pamunkey Tribe Rappahannock Tribe Upper Mattaponi Tribe
500
Name a few ways that the Powhatan Indians helped the settlers.
Powhatan, chief of many tribes, provided leadership to his people and taught the settlers survival skills. Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, served as a contact between the native peoples and the English. The native peoples showed the settlers how to plant corn and tobacco.
500
Name a few ways that architecture reflected different cultures in colonial Virginia.
Barns Homes Places of worship
500
How were free Africans, enslaved Africans, whites, and American Indians effected by the Civil War?
Varied roles of whites, enslaved African Americans, free African Americans, and American Indians during the Civil War: Most white Virginians supported the Confederacy. The Confederacy relied on enslaved African Americans to raise crops and provide labor for the army. Some free African Americans felt their limited rights could best be protected by supporting the Confederacy. Most American Indians did not take sides during the Civil War.
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