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VS 2nd Qtr Review
Virginia Studies Grade 4
Question | Answer |
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Citizen representatives for the Virginia General Assembly were called this name | burgesses |
What meeting took place in 1619? | Virginia General Assembly |
The definition of legislative | law making |
In the Virginia colony, these were the only community members that could participate in government. | adult men |
The first Africans that were brought to the colony arrived on ships that originated in this country. | Portugal |
The arrival of Africans made it possible to grow more of this crop. | tobacco |
Barns, homes, and places of worship are examples of architecture. They are part of the ______________ landscape. | cultural |
In the year 1620, they came to the colony in numbers making Jamestown a more permanent settlement. | women |
_____________ came to the colony from Ireland, Scotland, and Germany looking for a better life. | immigrants |
The English settled primarily in the Piedmont and this region of Virginia. | Coastal Plain |
Tobacco was sold in here as a cash crop. | England |
The Scots Irish and the Germans settled in this valley of Virginia. | Shenandoah |
The _________________ of the Virginia colony depended on tobacco as a primary source of money and wealth. | economy |
The successful planting of tobacco depended on a steady and reliable source of this. | labor |
A medium of exchange | money |
Exchanging goods without the use of money | barter |
A good or service owed to another | debt |
Money put away to spend later | savings |
Colonial Virginia did not have any of these places as there were few people that had paper money or coins at the time. | banks |
Some wealthy farmers owned these large farms. | plantations |
It is possible that some of the first Africans to arrive in Virginia came as these. They could buy their freedom after working for a period of 5-7 years. | indentured servants |
For the most part, this migration route became what is Interstate 81 today. | Great Wagon Road |
What language was spoken by Indians living in the Coastal Plain region of Virginia? | Algonquian |
What tribe spoke Siouan? | Monacan |
What is the name of the second capital of Virginia? | Williamsburg |
What is the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America? | Jamestown |
What major body of water did the Europeans cross in order to reach the New World? | Atlantic Ocean |
What river did the first settlers travel up in order to find a suitable location for their settlement? | James |
What is the name of the Indian tribe that spoke the Iroquoian language in the Appalachian Plateau Region of Virginia? | Cherokee |
What body of water is a safe harbor for ships? | Chesapeake Bay |
The House of Burgesses was the first elected English America giving the colonists some control in their own ____________ . | government |
When people settle in a new area, they bring their beliefs and ___________ with them. | culture |
The Virginia colony became dependent on _________ labor and remained that way for a very long time. | slave |
Prior to the arrival of the settlers, American Indians lived throughout Virginia, After the settlers arrived, most were forced __________. This means the Indians had to move away from the coast. | inland |
What do we call a crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers? | cash crop |