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43 Cards in this Set
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What is Virginia's relative location?
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East coast of the United States, west of the Atlantic ocean and Chesapeake Bay.
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What states border Virginia?
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Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina
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Name the five regions of Virginia.
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Coastal Plan (Tidewater), Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mountain, Valley and Ridge and Appalachian Plateau
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Where is the Coastal Plain?
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Land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Fall Line. Flat land, includes the Eastern Shore.
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Where is the Piedmont Region?
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Land west of the Fall Line to the Blue Ridge Mountain Region. Rolling hills.
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Where is the Blue Ridge Mountain Region?
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Between the Piedmont Region and the Valley and Ridge regions. Old, rounded mountains.
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Where is the Valley and Ridge region?
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West of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Includes the Great Valley of Virginia and the Allegheny Mountain Ridge.
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Where is the Appalachian Plateau Region?
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Soutwestern Virgina. Flat land higher than the surrounding land
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What are the four major rivers of Virginia, north to south?
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Potomac, Rappahannock, York, and James
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What is the Eastern Shore?
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A peninsula that separates the Chesapeake Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.
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Name four important cities in Virginia that are near the important bodies of water (north to south).
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Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Richmond, Jamestown and Yorktown
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Into what body of water do the major rivers in Virginia flow?
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The Chesapeake Bay.
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Why were Native Americans called Indians?
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Christopher Columbus thought he had reached the Indies.
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Where did the Algonquians live?
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Coastal Plain and Piedmont Regions. Powhatan group.
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Where did the Iroquoians live?
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Southern part of Virginia along the North Carolina coast and Appalachian Plateau Region.
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Where did the Siouans live?
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In the Piedmont Region
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Where the did Native groups get the things they needed to live?
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From the woods around them. Hunting, making shelter from trees, fishing, clothing from deerskins, and farming.
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Why did the Virginia Company of London form in 1606?
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For economic reasons. To make money, find supplies that were unavailable in England, to find silver and gold, to increase trade with other countries.
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What group of Native Americans lived in Virginia when the first settlers came?
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Eastern Woodland
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How were the tribes divided?
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By language groups
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What is a charter?
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Royal permisison.
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When was the first charter granted to the Virginia Company?
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1606
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What did the first charter grand?
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Permission to go and start a colony, and gave settlers the same rights as English citizens.
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When did settlers arrive at Jamestown?
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1607
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Name the three ships that came to Jamestown.
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Discovery, Susant Constant, Godspeed
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Who came on the first ship?
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104 men and boys.
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Who was the captain on the first journey to Jamestown?
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Christopher Newport
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Who did the name the river after?
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King James I
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What were the three reasons they chose the Jamestown peninsula?
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Easily defended form Spanish attack, deep enough water near shore to dock ships, and they thought it had fresh water for drinking.
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Jamestown became the first permanent __________ settlement in the New World.
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English
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Before 1619 where had all the laws from the Jamestown settlement come from?
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The king in England.
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What was the Virginia Assembly?
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The government of Jamestown made up of the Governor's Council and the Burgesses.
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Who was on the Governor's Council?
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Men appointed to the post by the tovernor.
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Who were the Burgesses?
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Citizen representatives from each of the 11 settlements in Virginia. Chosen from the free men of the settlement.
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What was the definition of a citizen?
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Free, adult men.
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What made the new government different?
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First government by the people.
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What did the burgesses become?
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The Virginia House of Burgesses.
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What is the significance of the Virginia House of Burgesses?
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First legislative body (law making) in the New World to be elected by the people.
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Whatis the Virginia House of Burgesses known as today?
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The General Assembly of Virginia.
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What is an indentured servant?
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Someone brought to the colonies who must work for a set periof ot time to pay back money owed for passage to the new world.
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Who were the first indentured servants in Virginia?
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20 Africans. Indentured servants because they were baptized Christians.
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How did women get to Jamestown?
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The Bride Ship
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Why were women important to Jamestown?
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Allowed colony to be more permanent, allowed men to start families.
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