Virginia Flashcards
Why did Christopher Columbus call the people he found in the lands he discovered Indians?
Because he thought he was in the Indies (near China).
What language did the Indians speak that lived in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) Region?
Algonquian
What did the Eastern Woodland Indians use to make clothes?
Deerskin
Why were Virginia’s Indians referred to
as the Eastern Woodlands Indians?
Virginia’s Indians are referred to as Eastern Woodland Indians, due to the forests which cover most of the land.
What did the Eastern Woodland Indians make their houses out of?
Shelter was made from materials around them mainly wood and bark.
Which region is west of the Fall Line?
The Piedmont Region
Which region is east of the Fall Line?
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
Which region is located west of the Blue Ridge Mountain
Valley and Ridge
Which region is located in southwest Virginia?
Appalachian Plateau
Which region consists of old rounded mountains and is the source of many rivers?
Blue Ridge Mountains
What did some southern states do after Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States?
They seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of American
Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
George Mason
Who persuaded Chief Powhatan to provide food to the starving Jamestown colonists?
Pocahontas
Who was the Union General that captured and burned Richmond during the Civil War?
General Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the first President of the United States?
George Washington
What effect did the arrival of women in 1620 have on the Jamestown Colony?
Made it possible for the settlers to establish families and a more permanent settlement at Jamestown
Who financed the settlement of Jamestown?
The stockholders of the Virginia Company of London
The Powhatans traded food, furs and leather with the English. What products did the English trade with the Powhatans ?
Tools, Pots, Guns
What were the reasons for the location of the Jamestown Colony?
The location could be easily defended from attack by sea by the Spanish.
The water along the shore was deep enough for ships to dock.
Believed to be a good supply of fresh water.
Why was Jamestown established?
As an economic venture
What southwestern Virginia city became an important Railroad Center during the Reconstruction Era?
Roanoke
What became a source of livelihood for residents of southwest Virginia during the Reconstruction Era?
Coal Mining
What government agency provided food, schools and medical care for freed slaves and others in Virginia and the rest of the south?
Freedman’s Bureau
How did Sharecroppers pay for the land they rented
By promising to pay the owner with a share of the crop they raised
