Virginia Studies Review 1: Who am I?

When I arrived at the New World, I thought I was in the Indies near China.  Who am I?

• Captain John Smith

• Captain Christopher Newport

• Christopher Columbus

• Ponce deLeon

I am the season when Native peoples would harvest crops and hunt for food to preserve for winter.  Which season am I?

• winter

• spring

• summer

• fall

I was the move in Virginia to resist integration of Virginia schools after the Brown v. Board of Education decision.  I was led by Harry F. Byrd, Sr.  What am I?

• Reconstruction

• Massive Resistance

• Segregation

• Intergration

My tribe spoke the Iroquoian language. Which tribe am I?

• Powhatan

• Monacan

• Cherokee

I was a government agency that was set-up to help poor whites and former slaves after the Civil War.  What agency am I?

• Freedman's Branch

• Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Freedman's Bureau

• Federal Branch

I am the Supreme Court case that ended segregation of public schools.  My case ruled that “separate but equal” schools were illegal.  What court case am I?

• Davis v. Prince Edward County

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Jim Crow v. U.S. Government

I was a governor of Virginia.  While governor, I appointed more women and Africans to positions in state government.  Who am I?

• A. Linwood Holton

• L. Douglas Wilder

• Oliver W. Hill

• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

I was the very first President of the United States.  Who am I?

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Lafayette

• James Madison

• George Washington

TEI

We are large bodies of water that border Virginia.  What bodies of water are we?

• Chesapeake Bay

• Lake Drummond

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

I am the ship that brought women to Jamestown to marry.  What year did I arrive in Jamestown?

• 1619

• 1620

• 1607

• 1614