History Bowl Quiz

The economy of Virginia depended on what as a primary source of wealth?

What is the natural border between the Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions?

Who were the first people to live in Virginia?

What two bodies of water border Virginia?

Christopher Columbus called the people he found in the lands he explored Indians because he thought he was in the _____.

After the war, people began moving which directions?

Fill in the blank. Jamestown, Williamsburg, __________.

Which geographic region has rolling hills?

The Cherokee were a member of which language group?

Today, Jamestown is located on a _________ in the James River.

Those who served in the Continental Army and fought against Great Britain were called ________.

Fredericksburg is located along which river?

How many banks were in Colonial Virginia?

Citizen representatives sent to the General Assembly were called _____.

Powhatans were a member of which language group?

The Monacan were part of this language group.

In 1619 who were able to take part in government?

The colonists and Parliament disagreed over how the colonies should be _____.

Which language was spoken primarily by American Indians in the Piedmont region?

What year did additional women arrive in Virginia?

The last major battle of the Revolutionary War was fought where?

Virginia's ______ is relatively mild with distinct seasons.

Early settlers crossed the Appalachian Mountains through the _____.

The name Richmond reflects which culture?

Which region has an area of elevated land that is flat on top?

In which season did the American Indians harvest crops, and hunt for foods to preserve for winter?

What did American Indians eat to survive the winter, in addition to hunting birds and animals?

Barter was commonly used instead of money.

In which season did the American Indians hunt birds and animals?

What body of water provided a safe harbor?

In which season did the American Indians hunt, fish, and pick berries?

Which geographic region is WEST of the fall line?

What year was the first permanent English settlement founded?

Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

Archeologists have discovered the site of the original fort at Jamestown.

What did the American Indians use for clothing?

Who developed a friendship with the settlers that helped them survive?

Who arrived in Jamestown against their will?

In which season did the American Indians grow crops such as beans, corn, and squash?

What body of water is surrounded by the Dismal Swamp and is a natural lake?

During the Revolutionary War, some Virginians were neutral and did not take sides.

Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

Jamestown was primarily an _________.

Which geographic region is the source of many rivers?

What is the name of the large Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before English settlers came?

Name the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

The charters from the King of England extended _____ rights to the settlers.

Most of the land in Virginia is covered by ________.

The Dismal Swamp is located in what region?

The development of the ____ led to the opening of new lands in the south and attracted settlers from Virginia.