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The following multiple choice questions deal with Virginia History and Geography and are based on the Standards of Learning (SOL). If you are unsure about a question, you may skip it by not selecting one of the choices. Good Luck!
1.  Which city was the capital of the Confederacy?
   Petersburg
   Jamestown
   Charlottesville
   Richmond
2.  True or False:
The Chesapeake Bay provided a safe harbor in the early history of Virginia.
   True
   False
3.  Fill in the Blanks:
The abolishment of racial segregation is known as ____________.
   Desegregation
   Integration
   Reconstitution
   Origination
4.  True or False:
Colonial Virginia had no banks.
   True
   False
5.  Who established the "Underground Railroad" during the Civil War era?
   John Brown
   Harriet Tubman
   Frederick Douglass
   Nat Turner
6.  Fill in the Blanks:
As a result of the Civil Rights Movement, laws were passed that made ____________ illegal.
   racial discrimination
   child labor
   desegregation
   civil disobedience
7.  What town was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War fought in?
   Richmond
   Petersburg
   Yorktown
   Williamsburg
8.  Fill in the Blanks:
____________ provided military leadership by serving as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
   James Madison
   George Wahington
   Thomas Jefferson
   Benjamin Franklin
9.  True or False:
The Powhatan people realized the English settlement at Jamestown would fail.
   False
   True
10.  Which of the following is not one of the branches of Virginia government?
   legislative
   judicial
   political
   executive
11.  Who is known as the "Father of Our Country"?
   Thomas Jefferson
   King George
   James Madison
   George Washington
12.  Fill in the Blanks:
As governor of Virginia, Harry F. Byrd, Sr. was known for a ____________ policy for road improvements.
   "No Slip Ups"
   "Zero Potholes!"
   "Take The High Road"
   "Pay As You Go"
13.  What legislative body did the Virginia House of Burgesses become?
   United States Senate
   House of Representatives
   Richmond City Council
   General Assembly of Virginia
14.  True or False:
One reason the early colonists moved from Williamsburg to Richmond was that this would increase the distance from attack by the English.
   True
   False
15.  Which one of the following bodies of water borders the state of Virginia?
   Gulf of Mexico
   Chesapeake Bay
   Indian Ocean
   Lake Erie
16.  Which one of the following was a factor that influenced the move from Jamestown to Williamsburg in colonial Virginia:
   the Powhatan were friendlier in Williamsburg
   Williamsburg was not as humid
   contaminated fish supply
   dirty living conditions caused diseases
17.  What year was the English settlement of Jamestown founded?
   1605
   1610
   1607
   1620
18.  What was the first elected legislative body in America to give settlers the opportunity to control their own government?
   Virginia House of Commons
   Virginia House of Burgesses
   Virginia House of Agriculture
   Virginia House of Representatives
19.  Where did the Civil War end?
   Fredricksburg
   Appomattox Court House
   Gettysburg
   Harper's Ferry
20.  Fill in the Blanks:
Virginia patriots served in the ____________ Army and fought against the English leading to the English surrender at Yorktown.
   Piedmont Patriot Army
   Virginian Army
   Colonial Army
   Continental Army
21.  True or False:
In the Decleration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote that the authority to govern belongs to the people rather than to kings.
   True
   False
22.  A crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers is known as this…
   cash crop
   greenback crop
   stock crop
   winners' circle crop
23.  Who led a raid on the United States Armory (Arsenal) at Harpers Ferry, Virginia during the Civil War era?
   Nat Turner
   John Brown
   Frederick Douglass
   Harriet Tubman
24.  True or False:
West Virginia was created to divide up what the other states saw as an "oversized state".
   True
   False
25.  True or False:
L. Douglas Wilder, former governor of Virginia, was the second African American to be elected state governor of Virginia.
   True
   False
26.  True or False:
James Armistead Lafayette, a slave from Virginia, served in the Continental Army and was given his freedom after the war.
   True
   False
27.  Fill in the Blanks:
Full equality of all races in the use of public facilities is known as ____________.
   Origination
   Desegregation
   Reconstitution
   Integration
28.  True or False:
Maggie L. Walker was the first African American woman to become a bank president in the United States.
   True
   False
29.  Who led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia during the Civil War era?
   John Brown
   Harriet Tubman
   Frederick Douglass
   Nat Turner
30.  What laws, passed by southern states, stripped African Americans of the gains they received after the Civil War and Reconstruction?
   "re-allocation" Laws
   "deconstruction" Laws
   "John Carter" Laws
   "Jim Crow" Laws
31.  True or False:
Since the end of World War II, Northern Virginia has experienced growth due to increases in the number of federal jobs located in the region.
   True
   False
32.  Which of the following is not one of the geographic regions of Virginia?
   Valley and Ridge
   Piedmont
   Blue Ridge Mountains
   Pan Handle
33.  Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
   Thomas Jefferson
   George Washington
   James Madison
   King George
34.  True or False:
Tobacco farming was hard on the soil, causing many farmers to look west and south for new land to farm.
   False
   True
35.  True or False:
After the Civil War and Reconstruction, the freedoms and rights promised to African Americans were slowly taken away. It would take years to win them back.
   True
   False
36.  In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that "separate but equal" public schools were unconstitutional?
   1954
   1962
   1958
   1969
37.  Which one of the following terms describes the separation of people, usually based on race or religion?
   Declination
   Declassification
   Delineation
   Segregation
38.  Fill in The Blanks:
The ____________ and the English settlers at Jamestown established trading relationships and for a while had positive interactions.
   Pilgrims
   Powhatan People
   Puritans
   Spanish
39.  Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
   Thomas Jefferson
   George Washington
   James Madison
   King George
40.  Fill in the blank:
Virginia's Indians are referred to as ____________ Woodland Indians.
   Southern
   Mid-Atlantic
   Eastern
   Virginian
41.  The stockholders of what company financed the settlement of Jamestown?
   Ellington Company of Berkshire
   Bosco Brothers
   The Dumbarton Company
   The Virginia Company of London
42.  True or False:
The use of barter was uncommon in colonial Virginia.
   True
   False
43.  Fill in the Blanks:
The English settled primarily in ____________ and ____________ regions.
   marshland and desert
   Tidewater and Piedmont
   woodland and grassland
   mountainous and barren
44.  What year did women first arrive at Jamestown?
   1632
   1615
   1620
   1601
45.  What system was common in Virginia after the Civil War in which freedmen and poor white farmers rented land from a landowner by promising to pay the owner with a share of the crop?
   Crop Rotation
   Coin Cropping
   Feudalism
   Sharecropping
46.  True or False:
After World War II, African Americans demanded equal treatment and the recognition of their rights as American citizens.
   True
   False
47.  What is the period following the Civil War in which Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union is known as?
   Reclassification
   Reconstruction
   Reconstitution
   Retribution
48.  True or False:
Parliament believed it only had the right to tax the colonies if the colonists had representation in Parliament.
   True
   False
49.  Which of the following states does Virginia not share a border with?
   Tennessee
   Rhode Island
   Kentucky
   West Virginia
50.  True or False:
The English colonists found life in Jamestown easier than they had expected.
   True
   False

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