Bordering States and more
List the bordering states in order.
Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina.
Which group financed (paid) for the settlement of Jamestown?
The Virginia Company of London
What large Indigenous town was headquarters of the leader Powhatan when Jamestown was founded in 1607?
Werowocomocco
What geographic feature located at Virginia's Fall Line prevents further travel by boat?
waterfalls
True or False: Today, Virginia's Indigenous people participate in communities as active citizens and hold events like assemblies to share their culture with others.
False! They hold events like powwows to share their culture with others.
If Eddie was traveling South from Richmond, which bordering state would he enter?
North Carolina
True or False: The General Assembly was the first representative legislative body in English America and included 4 burgesses from each of the divisions of Virginia.
False: The General Assembly includes 2 burgesses from each of the divisions of Virginia.
"I speak the Iroquoian language and am proud to be Cherokee!" The person who made this statement most likely lives in which region?
Southwestern Virginia
Jessica traveled from the Atlantic Ocean to West Virginia. In what order did she most likely travel through the regions of Virginia?
Coastal Plain (Tidewater), Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley and Ridge, Appalachian Plateau
Why are Virginia's Indigenous people are referred to as Eastern Woodland? (Think about Virginia's topography)
Forests cover most of the land on which they lived.
The Atlantic Ocean borders which of the following states? (there are 3)
What was the main purpose of the first elected legislative body in English America?
To allow settlers to control their own government.
The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond are both located in which region?
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
2 truths and a lie: Which of the following statements is false?
- The Powhatan stopped farming and depended on the English colonists for food.
- English colonists and the Powhatan people traded food for metal tools and other items.
- The Powhatan people helped the English colonists survive by teaching them how to grow food and gather supplies.
The Powhatan stopped farming and depended on the English colonists for food.
True or False: The Virginia Company of London provided the English colonists with instructions for locating a spot for Jamestown.
True!
What document defined the physical boundaries boundaries of the Jamestown Colony.
The Charters of the Virginia Company of London
In what way were Virginia's indigenous groups so diverse?
Each Indigenous nation lived in a different region and spoke a different language.
List all of Virginia's Rivers from North to South ( "please remember your jacket" )
Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James)
True or False: English women helped start families that made the colony permanent, while enslaved Africans provided permanent, free labor for the tobacco crop.
True!
What happened as a result of Jamestown providing the colonists with raw materials that could not be found in England?
New markets for trade were opened up in England.
Which important colonist placed emphasis on self-sustaining agriculture (farming), which ensured survival of the Jamestown Colony?
Captain John Smith
What two things did the Indigenous people do during the winter to survive?
Hunted birds and lived on stored foods
What happened early on in Jamestown as a result of marshy land, a lack of safe drinking water, and colonists not having the skills to necessary to provide for themselves?
Many settlers died of diseases
Put the following events in order:
- More English colonists arrived. Conflicts began over food and resources.
- The English arrived at Jamestown and needed food to survive.
- The English learned how to grow crops and find food using knowledge from the Powhatan people.
- Chief Powhatan and the Powhatan people traded food with the English colonists.
- The English arrived at Jamestown and needed food to survive.
- Chief Powhatan and the Powhatan people traded food with the English colonists.
- The English learned how to grow crops and find food using knowledge from the Powhatan people.
- More English colonists arrived. Conflicts began over food and resources.