3 Branches of VA Gov.
This branch of government is the law-making branch.
What is the Legislative Branch?
What two things made agriculture an important industry in Virginia?
A. Good crops and strong cows
B. fertile soil and favorable climate
C. New tractors and lots of land
What is the fertile soil and favorable climate?
Virginia's transportation system moves ______materials to factories and ___________ products to markets.
What are raw materials and finished products?
When was Jamestown established as the 1st permanent English colony?
What is 1607?
What period of time did the colonists establish the Jamestown settlement, the arrival of Africans and women, and John Smith's forced work program take place? (1600s, 1700s, 1800s)
What is the 1600s?
The Governor of Virginia makes up this branch of Virginia's government, which makes sure that the laws are carried out.
What is the Executive Branch?
True/False: Tobacco has been replaced by livestock as Virginia’s most valuable source of income.
What is true?
Name two agricultural and manufactured products that VA exports today.
What are tobacco, poultry, coal and large ships?
What year did the Africans and the 1st General Assembly of Virginia take place?
What is 1619?
What period of time was the Declaration of Independence written and the American Revolution take place? (1600s, 1700s, 1800s)
What is the 1700s?
The court systems of Virginia make up this branch of government.
What is the Judicial Branch?
**Private health care, computer programming, banking, architecture, engineering, government services (schools, hospitals, military bases)
What industry is this?
What are service industries?
People provide goods=(products made to sell)
and services=(a job done for someone, like weed eating or a job done by a dentist.)
This industry is a major part of Virginia's economy.
What is tourism?
When did England become known as Great Britain and the American Revolution take place?
What is the 1700s?
What period of time did the Civil War and Reconstruction take place? (1600s, 1700s, 1800s)
What is the 1800s?
The General Assembly, which makes up the Legislative Branch of Government, makes the laws. It is divided up into two parts. Name the two parts (legs).
What are the Senate and House of Delegates?
*Livestock products, such as chickens (broilers), cows, milk, turkeys, and hogs.
*Cash crops, such as soybeans, corn, tobacco, tomatoes, apples, and peanuts
These items listed above rely on fertile soil and favorable climate. What industry is this?
What is the Agricultural Industry?
Agricultural=farming
Because many federal workers live/or work in Virginia, the _____________ has a significant impact on Virginia's economy.
What is the federal government?
When did the Civil War take place?
When was 1861 to 1865?
The U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Charter for the Virginia Company of London.
Which of these documents came first, second, and last?
1st- Charter of the Virginia Company of London (1600s)
2nd--Declaration of Independence (to break away from England)
3rd--U.S. Constitution (laws for our new nation)
The Judicial Branch decides cases about people accused of breaking the _______ and whether or not the law agrees with Virginia's ______________.
What is the law and Constitution?
Making goods on a large scale using machinery such as shipbuilding, making beverages/soft drinks, motor vehicle parts, tobacco products, and chemical goods are part of the _________ industry.
What is the manufacturing industry?
Name two examples of Virginia's transportation system today.
What are highways, railroads, air transportation, and shipping?
When did Brown v. Board of Education take place?
What is 1954?
The federal government established ____________ __________ programs to provide employment and ease many hardships.
What is the New Deal?
_______________, a 16-yearold high school junior in Farmville, VA, led a student strike against segregation in 1951.
Who is Barbara Johns?
Today, _____________ is less crucial to Virginia’s economy as businesses and individuals shift to other sources of energy.
What is coal?
Access to deepwater ports and proximity to the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean make what jobs possible?
What are shipbuilding, crabbing, fishing, and oyster harvesting?
The U.S. Constitution was amended giving women the right to vote in 19__.
What is 1920?
The ________ ___________ was a period of harsh economic conditions worldwide. Many Virginians lost their jobs, farms, homes, and businesses.
What is the Great Depression?