stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
WV History Bowl Prep Part 2 Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
WV History Bowl Prep Part 2
WV History Bowl Prep Part 2
30 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
107 plays
Imported from external platform
Flashcards
30 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
30
Answers
1
During the 1800s, what extractive resource consistently led all others in production in western Virginia?
Pepper
Salt
Coal
Glass
2
At which West Virginia college was the Delta Tau Delta fraternity founded in 1858?
Institute
WVU Tech
Bethany College
New River
3
In the presidential election of 1860, which Constitutional Union candidate won the popular vote in Virginia?
Lyndon Johnson
John Bell
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
4
What is the county seat of Grant county?
Morgantown
Lewisburg
Charles Town
Petersburg
5
In what county is Cathedral State Park located?
Preston
Mercer
Braxton
Morgan
6
What is the name of the series of fo0tball games between Marshall and WVU that began in 2006 and ended in 2011?
Friends of Coal Bowl
Math Field Day
History Bowl
Super Bowl
7
What is the county seat of Raleigh County?
Bolt
Beckley
Eccles
Beaver
8
In 1977, which school became the third state medical college?
SWVCTC
Marshall University
Bluefield State
WVU
9
Which Cabell County community was destroyed by Union troops following a confederate raid on November 10, 1861?
Guyandotte
Kanawah City
Crooked Creek
Raymond City
10
In which county can Camp Good Luck, the first 4-H camp in the U.S., be found?
Fayette County
Wyoming County
Greenbrier County
Randolph County
11
What was the name given to a Native American attack on a company of Hampshire County near Wheeling on Sept. 1777?
Battle of Blair Mountain
Trail of Tears
Battle of Hard Labor
Foreman's Massacre
12
What is the name of the narrow strip of land that is connected to a larger territory? WV has 2.
Panhandle
Potholder
Island
Tributary
13
Which Confederate general from WV was responsible for burning Chambersburg, PA during the Civil War?
John McCausland
Bloody Bill Anderson
Robert E. Lee
Nathan Bedford Forest
14
What country music artist was born and raised in the Marshall County commjunity of Glen Dale?
Brad Paisley
Tyler Childers
Rebe McEntire
Lainey WIlson
15
What is the county seat of Greenbrier County?
White Sulphur Spring
Lewisburg
Christiansburg
Ronconverte
16
Who is the current Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates
Roger Hanshaw
Tony Paynter
Bethany Harper
Craig Blair
17
In which WV community is the largest conical mound in North America found?
Moundsville
Wheeling
Princeton
Herndon
18
Which African American civil rights group traces its roots to the Niagra Movement? 1st meeting was in Harper's Ferry.
ACLU
NAACP
NATO
Suffragettes
19
What is the name of the architect who designed the Governor's Mansion in Charleston?
Preston Berry
Walter Martens
Michael Brady
Steve Martin
20
What is county seat of Cabell County?
West Hamlin
Huntington
Barboursville
Hamlin
21
What is the county seat of Mingo County?
GIlbert
Wiliamson
Chattaroy
Verner
22
What river is formed by joining of the Tygart and West Fork rivers in Marion County?
Guyandotte
Cheat
Tug
Monongahela
23
In which Kanawha Valley community was the first Shoney's restaurant lcoated?
Cross Lanes
Barboursville
Huntington
Charleston
24
In what geographic region of West Virginia can Gilmer County be found?
Allegheny Highlands
Potomac Section
Allegheny Plateau
Ohio River Valley
25
What is the name of the treaty signed by the Cherokee in 1768 in which they relinquished their land in Western Virginia?
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Hard Labor
Treaty of Hard Knocks
26
What is the original name of the Weston State Hospital in Lewis County? (We are going there on 5/20.)
Southwestern Regional Jail
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Moundsville Penitentiary
Alcatraz
27
What is the name of West Virginia's state fossil?
Dino
Stone
Rex
Ground Sloth
28
Who was the first woman nominated for governor by a major political party in WV?
Mary Lou Retton
Charlotte Pritt
Natalie Tenant
Dolly Madison
29
In which WV historic home were James and Dolly Madison maried?
Harewood
Blennerhasset Mansion
Pearl Buck's Home
Morgan Morgan Cabin
30
In which festival is the coronation of Queen Silvia held each October in Elkins?
Trailfest
Harvest Festival
Mountain State Forest Festival
Fall Festival