Jamestown Power Quiz #2

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  1. Place names reflect culture. The English named one area “Richmond,” but what did the Indians call the same area?
  2. Your answer:
    Chesapeake
    Tappahannock
    Chincoteague
    Roanoke


  3. All the following are examples of cultural landscapes EXCEPT for:
  4. Your answer:
    barns
    houses
    places of worship (churches)
    tobacco



  5. The English settled primarily in these regions:
  6. Your answer:
    6 and 4
    6 and 2
    4 and 2
    6, 4, and 1



  7. The Germans and Scotch-Irish settled primarily in this region:
  8. Your answer:
    4
    6
    2
    1



  9. Africans settled primarily in these regions:
  10. Your answer:
    4 and 2
    6, 4, and 1
    6 and 2
    6 and 4



  11. The First Americans lived primarily in these regions:
  12. Your answer:
    6, 4, and 1
    6 and 2
    6 and 4
    4 and 2


  13. Why did the Africans live primarily where they did?
  14. Your answer:
    The Indians would not let them live anywhere else.
    The agriculture in these areas required a great deal of labor.
    They liked where they were.
    They were friends with the Indians.


  15. Migration means:
  16. Your answer:
    staying in one place
    enacting laws
    moving from one place to another
    a large farm


  17. The culture of Virginia reflected the origins of the following EXCEPT:
  18. Your answer:
    Eastern Woodland Indians
    Africans
    Europeans
    Chinese


  19. All of the following are reasons why colonists moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg EXCEPT:
  20. Your answer:
    Dirty living conditions caused diseases and a fire destroyed many buildings.
    Williamsburg was located at a higher elevation than Jamestown.
    The drinking water was contaminated by seepage of salt water.
    Williamsburg was closer to the Chesapeake Bay.


  21. All of the following are reasons why colonists moved from Williamsburg to Richmond EXCEPT:
  22. Your answer:
    The population was moving westward.
    It was farther inland, so it increased the distance from attack by the English when the Revolutionary War began.
    Richmond’s location was better for trade.
    Williamsburg was a more central location.



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