3 Branches of VA Gov.
Products/Industries
20th/21st Centuries
History Time Line
Jamestown
100

This branch of government is the law-making branch.

What is the Legislative Branch?

100

Name the Region that has the following products and industries:

Products:  Coal

Industry:  Coal Mining

What is the Appalachian Plateau?

100

Virginia's transportation system moves ______materials to factories and ___________ products to markets.

What are raw materials and finished products?

100

When was Jamestown established as the 1st permanent English colony?

What is 1607?

100

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?

200

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?

200

Name the Region that has the following products and industries:

Products:  apples

Industries:  Recreation and farming

What is the Blue Ridge Mountain Region?

200

Name two agricultural and manufactured products that VA exports today. 

What are tobacco, poultry, coal and large ships?

200

What year did the Africans and the 1st General Assembly of Virginia take place?

What is 1619?

200

What period of time was the Declaration of Independence written and the American Revolution take place?  (1600s, 1700s, 1800s)

What is the 1700s?

300

The court systems of Virginia make up this branch of government.

What is the Judicial Branch?

300

Name the Region that has the following products and industries:

Products:  Apples, dairy, beef, poultry

Industry:  farming

What is the Valley and Ridge Region?

300

This industry is a major part of Virginia's economy.

What is tourism?

300

When did England become known as Great Britain and the American Revolution take place?

What is the 1700s?

300

What period of time did the Civil War and Reconstruction take place?  (1600s, 1700s, 1800s)

What is the 1800s?

400

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?

400

Name the Region that has the following products and industries:

Products:  Seafood and peanuts

Industries:  military bases, shipbuilding, and tourism

What is the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) Region?

400

Because many federal workers live/or work in Virginia, the _____________ has a significant impact on Virginia's economy.

What is the federal government?

400

When did the Civil War take place?

When was 1861 to 1865?

400

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)

500

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?

500

Name the Region that has the following products and industries:

Products:  tobacco and information technology

Industries: Farming, federal & state government, horse industry 

What is the Piedmont Region?  ("land and the foot of the mountain")

500

Name two examples of Virginia's transportation system today. 

What are highways, railroads, air transportation, and shipping?

500

When did Brown v. Board of Education take place?

What is 1954? 

500

When date is your Virginia Studies History SOL test scheduled?

What is Monday, May 14, 2018?   

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