VA History SOL Review

VA History SOL Review

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1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17

Flash Cards Set 1

A. Describe the land and location of The Valley and Ridge.	B. What is a peninsula?	C. Describe the land and location of the Blue Ridge Mountain region.	D. How did the Atlantic Ocean influence the development of Virginia?	E. Describe the land and location of the Appalachain Plateau.
F. What large bodies of water border Virginia?	G. Where is the Coastal Plain located? Decribe it.	H. What are the five geographic regions in Virginia?	I. Describe the location and land of The Piedmont.	J. What states border Virginia?

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Flash Cards Set 2

A. What were the three major language groups of Indians found in VA?	B. Where were the Algonquians located, and what special tribe belonged to their group?	C. Why are the First Americans called Indians?	D. How did the Rappahannock River affect VA's settlement?	E. What evidence has been found to show that Americans Indians lived in all areas of our state?
F. How did the James River affect VA's settlement?	G. Where is the Eastern Shore located?	H. How did the Potomac River affect VA's settlement?	I. How was the Chesapeake Bay important to the deveolpment of VA?	J. How did the York River affect VA's settlement?

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Flash Cards Set 3

A. Where were the Souians found?	B. What are some characteristics of Virginia's climate?	C. How did the VA Indians' life change with the seasons?	D. How did the VA Indians adapt to their forest environment?	E. Where were the Iroquoians found? What group belonged in this language group?
F. How did the VA Indians use deer?	G. How did the VA Indians get their shelter?	H. What do the words "economic venture" mean?	I. Why did the English want a colony in America?	J. Why did Jamestown settlers come to America?

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Flash Cards Set 4

A. Where was the first permanent English settlement in the New World?	B. What are indentured servants?	C. Where is Jamestown located?	D. What hardships did the Jamestown settlers face?	E. What were three reasons the charters of the VA Company of London were important to the Jamestown settlement?
F. Describe the system of government that began in VA in 1619.	G. What was the Virginia House of Burgesses, and why was it important?	H. Why did the settlers choose the site at Jamestown for their first fort?	I. How did the arrival of Africans affect the Jamestown settlement?	J. How did the arrival of women in 1620 affect the Jamestown settlement?

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Flash Cards Set 5

A. How do people change the cultural landscape of an area when they settle there?	B. What does "cash crop" mean?	C. What source of labor made the planting of tobacco a success?	D. What effect did agriculture have on the Jamestown colony?	E. What was the important cash crop in Jamestown?
F. What happened that helped the Jamestown colony to survive?	G. How did Captain John Smith help the Jamestown colony interact with the Powhatans?	H. What did the Powhatan people and English people trade as they interacted?	I. How did the Powhatan people help the Jamestown colony survive?	J. Why did the relationship between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatans change for the worse?

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Flash Cards Set 6

A. Where in VA did the English mainly settle?	B. What did people in the VA colony use for exchange instead of money?	C. What caused people to adapt old customs to new environments?	D. What are some factors that influenced the move of the capital from Jamestown to Williamsburg?	E. Where in VA did the africans mainly settle and why?
F. Where in VA did the Germans and Scotch-Irish mainly settle and why?	G. What are some place names that reflect the English and Indian cultures?	H. Where were the American Indians of VA settled, and why?	I. The culture of VA reflected what three groups of people?	J. What are some factors that influenced the move of VA's capital from Williamsburg to Richmond?

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Flash Cards Set 7

A. What word means a medium of exchange, such as currency?	B. What does "credit" mean?	C. What does "saving" mean?	D. "...all people are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" are ideas in what document?	E. How did the colonists ideas about government differ from the ideas of English Parliament?
F. What does "debt" mean?	G. What does "barter" mean?	H. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?	I. How did Parliament and the colonists disagree over taxes by government?	J. Did colonial Virginia have banks?

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Flash Cards Set 8

A. What was George Washington's contribution during the Revolutionary War?	B. What contributions did Virginians make during the Revolutionary War?	C. How did Thomas Jefferson help during the Revolutionary War?	D. Did all Virginians want to be free from England?	E. What is another name for the Revolutionary War?
F. What part did African Americans have during the Revolutionary War?	G. How did Patrick Henry help during the Revolutionary War?	H. Who was James Armistead Lafayette?	I. What did women do during the Revolutionary War?	J. Where did the words "...give me liberty or give me death..." come from?

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Flash Cards Set 9

A. Who was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?	B. Why was James Madison referred to as the Father of the Constitution?	C. Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?	D. How did the VA Declaration of Rights influence the Constitution of the United States?	E. What did the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom state?
F. Where did the Revolutionary War end? How?	G. Why was the American victory at Yorktown important?	H. Who was called the Father of Our Country?	I. Who became know as the Father of the Constitution?	J. Why was George Washington know as the Father of Our Country?

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Flash Cards Set 10

A. What are the main industries of the Coastal Plain? (Tidewater)	B. What are the main industried of the Piedmont?	C. What is the main industry of the Blue Ridge Mountain region?	D. What is the main industry of the Valley and Ridge region?	E. What is the main industry of the Appalachain Plateau?
F. What is the main product of the Tidewater region? (Coastal Plain)	G. What are the main products of the Piedmont?	H. What is the main product of the Blue Ridge Mountain region?	I. What are the main products of the Valley and Ridge region?	J. What is the main product of the Appalachian Plateau?

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Flash Cards Set 11

A. What was the economy of the southern states based on in the years after the American Revolution and before the Civil War?	B. What was the economy of the northern states based on in the years after the Revolutionary War and before the Civil War?	C. As new states joined the United Stated, the North wated these states to be _???_, while the southern states wanted these new states to be _???_.	D. What was the main crossing that settlers used as they migrated to new lands in the west?	E. What three things did Virginians take with them as they moved to the western frontier?
F. What were Abolitionists?	G. As Virginians migrated into western territories, what were they looking for?	H. Who was Nat Turner?	I. What did John Brown do?	J. How did tobacco farming cause many farmers to move west and south?

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Flash Cards Set 12

A. What was the first major battle of the Civil War?	B. Why did VA secede (withdraw) from the Union? (United States)	C. What was the name of the group of states that VA joined when it seceded from the Union?	D. What was the Union?	E. What was the capital of the Confederacy?
F. Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern VA?	G. What happened to Richmond near the end of the Civil War?	H. How did Lincoln use the navy to help in the war?	I. What Confederate General played a major role in the first Battle of Bull Run?	J. How and why was the state of West Virginia formed?

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Flash Cards Set 13

A. What were the Monitor and Merrimack?	B. What was the Freedmen's Bureau?	C. Where and when did the Civil War end?	D. What was sharecropping?	E. What was the period after the Civil War in which Congress passed laws to help rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union?
F. What does segregation mean?	G. What were some problems VA faced druing Reconstruction?	H. What does discrimination mean?	I. During Reconstruction, in what ways was VA's economy in ruins?	J. What special thing happened for the better for African Americans during Reconstruction?

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Flash Cards Set 14

A. What was the name of the laws that were passed that established segregation by race and encouraged prejudice by whites?	B. What thing was the key to the expansion of business, agriculture, and industry in VA after Reconstruction?	C. What were two ways that Jim Crow laws prevented African Americans from voting?	D. After Reconstruction, what city bacame a railroad center?	E. Jim Crow laws made it very difficult for African Americans to hold ????? ?????
F. What three cities also bustled with activity brought there because of railroads?	G. African Americans were forced to use separate ????? ????? and had to attend ????? ?????	H. The discovery of what in Tazewell County became a source of livelihood for residents of Southwest VA?	I. After Reconstruction, VA's cities grew with ?????, ?????, and ?????	J. After the Civil War the farming of ????? and the making of ????? ????? became important industries.

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Flash Cards Set 15

A. In the 20th Century, why did VA change from an agricultural society to an industrial one?	B. What two areas of VA have grown because of computer technology?	C. What caused VA's cities to grow?	D. What word means the abolishment of racial segregation?	E. Why did people in the 20th century move from rural areas to urban ones?
F. What word means the full equality of all races in the use of public facilities?	G. What were some technological developments that helped VA cities grow?	H. What did the court case in 1954, "Brown vs. Board of Education" rule?	I. Since the end of World War II, why has Northern VA seen so much growth?	J. Because of "Brown vs. Board of Education" all public schools in VA were ordered to ??????

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Flash Cards Set 16

A. What was Massive Resistance?	B. What was Arthur Ashe remembered for?	C. Who was the leader of Massive Resistance in VA?	D. What are the three branches of government in VA?	E. What did some public schools in VA do in order to avoid integration?
F. Which branch of government in VA makes laws?	G. Who was Maggie Lena Walker?	H. What two parts make up the General Assembly in VA?	I. Who was the first African American to be elected a state governor in the U.S.?	J. The governor is part of which branch of government?

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Flash Cards Set 17

A. What does the Executive branch of government do?	B. What does "draw up" mean?	C. What is the branch of government called that includes the court system?	D. The ????? ????? is an important part of VA's economy because so many government workers live or work in VA.	E. What does the judicial branch do?
F. ????? is an important part of VA's economy, bringing many visitors to the state each year.	G. What are four products that VA exports to the rest of the world?	H. VA has lots of ????? and other ????? ????? that provides jobes for workers and makes money in the state.	I. How have advances in transportation helped with economic growth?	J. What are the three main parts of VA's transportation system?

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