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Geography
Native American
Jamestown
Colonial Virginia
Early Government
100
This is a lake and a swamp located in the Coastal Plain region. George Washington explored here.
What is Lake Drummond and the Dismal Swamp.
100
The Native American woman who helped the colonists in Jamestown and the tribe she is from.
Who is Pocohantas and the Powhatans.
100
These were reasons the English first came to Jamestown.
What is finding gold, silver, spices, raw materials.
100
In 1619 there was the first meeting of this and these people arrived which helped the growth of tobacco.
What is the General Assembly and who are the Africans?
100
This is what Parlaiment believed about the colonists.
What is legal authority over colonies and the right to tax?
200
The five regions of Virginia.
What are Coastal Plain (Tidewater), Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau.
200
The indians did these in winter and spring.
What are hunting, and hunting, fishing and picking berries.
200
This was the person who granted the Charters of Virginia and this is what the charters granted.
What is King James of England and what are: establish a settlement in North America and give English rights to settlers.
200
In 1620 these people arrived in Jamestown to make a more permanent settlement and in 1640 the burgesses became this legislative body.
Who are women and what is the House of Burgesses?
200
This is what the colonists believed about themselves.
What is local assemblies had legal authority and no taxing without representation?
300
The four major rivers in Virginia and the natural border between two regions.
What are Potomac, Rappahannack, York, James, and The Fall Line?
300
The indians did this in the summer and fall.
What are planting crops and harvesting crops.
300
This is an adventure to earn money and the people who financed (paid for) the Jamestown trip.
What is an economic venture and who is The Virginia Company of London?
300
This is the name for the crop grown for money and this is the term for when people change the land to reflect their belief, customs, and architecture.
What is cash crop and cultural landscape?
300
These are the reasons the capital moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg.
What are bad drinking water, unhealthy living conditions, and fire destroyed buildings?
400
The five bordering states of Virginia and the two bodies of water that border Virginia.
What are Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina and Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay?
400
These are the 3 major Native American language groups in Virginia.
What are Algonquian, Siouan, and Iroquoian?
400
These are the reasons the settlers chose the Jamestown site.
What are location easily defended against attack, water deep enough to dock, and good supply of drinking water?
400
These people settled in the Coastal Plain. These people settled in the Piedmont. These people settled in the Valley and Ridge.
Who are the English and Africans? Who are the English and Africans? Who are the Germans and Scots-Irish?
400
These are the reasons the capital was moved to Richmond.
What are population moving West, more central location, further away from sea and attack?
500
All the products or all industries of each region (contestant choice).
What are seafood,peanuts; tobacco,information technology; apples; poultry,apples,dairy,beef; coal or shipbuilding,tourism,military bases; technology,government,farming,horses; recreation; farming; coal mining
500
This is the word for arrowheads, pottery, and other tools found that were used by people in the past. This word is the name for the place where Native American leaders would meet and it was the headquarters of Chief Powhatan.
What is artifact and Werowocomoco?
500
These were the hardships faced by the Jamestown settlers and some changes that helped their survival.
What are disease, starvation, no safe drinking water, lack of skills to survive and John Smith's leadership, arrival of supply ships, and the growth of tobacco (agriculture)?
500
These are the definitions of money, barter, credit, debt, and saving.
What is coins and paper bills, exchange goods and services, buy now and pay later, owing something to another, putting money away to spend later?
500
This is basically what the Declaration of Independance said.
What is the authority to govern belongs to people not kings, all people are created equal, life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness?