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Gr 5 Social Studies
Virginia SOL Practice: Geography and First Permanent English Settlement
Question | Answer |
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What is the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region like? | Flat land |
What is the Piedmont region like? | Rolling hills |
What important cities are on the James River? | Richmond and Jamestown |
What important Virginia city is on the Potomac River? | Alexandria |
What were the three major language groups found in Virginia? | Algonquian, Siouan, Iroquoian |
How are Virginia's Indians referred to? | Eastern Woodland Indians |
What did the English think they would find in America? | Silver and gold |
How was Jamestown financed? | By the stockholders of the Virginia Company of London |
Where was Jamestown located when it was first established and where is Jamestown located today? | It was established on a narrow peninsula surrounded on three sides by the James River. It is now on an island in the James River. |
What did the charters given by the King of England to the Virginia Company of London do? | Gave the Virginia Company the right to establish a settlement in North America, established companies to begin colonies in the New World, and extended English rights to the colonists |
When was the first Virginia Assembly? | 1619 |
What helped the Jamestown colonists survive? | The arrival of two supply ships, the forced work program and the strong leadership of Captain John Smith, and the emphasis on self-sustaining agriculture |
Who did the early settlers trade with and what did each group trade? | The Powhatans - the Powhatans traded food, fur, and leather for tools, pots, guns, and other goods |
When did women arrive in Jamestown? | 1620 |