Review
What are the 5 geographic regions of Virginia?
Tidewater/Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley & Ridge, Appalachian Plateau
One reason England set up a colony in the New World was to obtain wealth and _____________
What is power?
Whose strong leadership and emphasis on self-sustaining agriculture (growing your own crops) helped Jamestown survive?
Who is John Smith?
A hardship that the settlers had to endure was that the land was ________?
What are swampy or marshy?
A reason the colonists chose the site to call Jamestown was because they thought they had fresh_________________?
What is drinking water?
That are the 3 major Indian language groups in Virginia?
Algonquian, Siouan, Iroquoian
Another reason England wanted a colony in the New World was to get wealthy by finding ___________ and ______________.
What is gold and silver?
Who granted the charters to the Virginia Company of London?
Who is King James of England?
A hardship that the settlers had to endure was starvation and ______________.
What is disease?
A reason that the colonists chose the site to call Jamestown was that the spot was far enough inland to be safe from attack by the ____________?
Who are the Spanish?
Why did cities develop along the fall line?
Because the rocks stopped the ships from going farther up the rivers.
What type of trip was Jamestown?
What is economic venture?
Who was living in Virginia when the settlers arrived in 1607?
Who were the Powhatan Indians?
A hardship that the colonists had to endure was contaminated _______________?
What is drinking water?
A reason the colonists chose the site to call Jamestown was because the water was deep enough for what?
What is for the ships to dock?
Name the 4 major rivers in Virginia that flow into the Chesapeake Bay.
Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James
England also wanted to obtain ______ materials, such as lumber. They also wanted to open new markets for ___________.
What is raw and trade?
Who financed the trip to Jamestown?
Who are the stockholders of the Virginia Company of London?
What new rule did John Smith create that helped the colonists survive?
What is the forced work program? (If you don't work, you don't eat!)
Who granted the charter to the Virginia Company of London?
Who is the King of England? (King James)
What are the 5 bordering states around Virginia?
North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland
What company got a charter from the King of England to establish a settlement in North America?
What is the Virginia Company of London?
What was the name of the large Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before the English settlers came. It was the headquarters of the leader Powhatan in 1607.
What is Werowocomoco?
Supply ships came with strong people and food supplies that helped the colony survive. How many supply ships came?
What are two supply ships?
What year was the first permanent English settlement established?
What is 1607?