In May 1776 who wrote the Virginia Declaration of rights?
George Mason
100
How many rivers are there?
4 rivers
100
List the 5 regions of VA
Coastal Plain (tidewater), Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley & Ridge, & Appalachian plateau
100
How many bordering states are there?
5
100
What are the major cash crop of Virginia?
What is Tobacco and Cotton
200
Who are the Powhatan?
What is paramount chief of Algonquian-speaking Virginia Indians in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the time English settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607.
200
What river is located on Alexandria?
What is Potomac river
200
What is the fall line?
A natural border between the coastal plain (tidewater) and Piedmont regions, where waterfalls prevent further travel on the river
200
What are the large bodies of water that border Virginia?
Atlantic Ocean & Chesapeake Bay
200
What are the 3 sisters?
What is Beans, Corn, and squash
300
Who is John Rolfe?
He was credited with the first successful cultivation of tobacco as an export crop in the Colony of Virginia
300
What is a peninsula?
A piece of land bordered by water on 3 sides
300
The _________ region is a source of many rivers that begin in the old, rounded mountains of the Appalachians.
What is Blue Ridge Mountains
300
Which state does West Virginia border from the south west?
What is Kentucky
300
What is Bartering?
Trading goods and services without using money
400
Who is Nat Turner?
Nat Turner was an enslaved African American who led a rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21, 1831.
400
What was a source of food and transportation?
What is Chesapeake Bay
400
List the characteristics of the land at the foot of the mountain
- Rolling hills
- West of the Fall line
400
The 2 states that border Virginia are West Virginia,Kentucky,North Carolina,_________ and ________
What is Tennessee and Maryland.
400
What is a Cash crop?
A crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers
500
Who is King James?
He was the king of Scotland and 1st in the British loyal line of Stuarts and he took 36 years to become king of England. He also signed a charter for Virginia.
500
What is the shallow natural lake surrounded by the Dismal Swamp?
What is Lake Drummond
500
What are the characteristics of the Coastal Plain?
- Flat Land
- Location near Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay
500
Name all the bordering states in there directions for Virginia
- North Carolina (south)
- Tennessee (south west)
- Kentucky (west)
- West Virginia (north west)
- Maryland (north)