Virginia Civics

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  1. The ________gave reasons for independence and ideas for self government to the colonists.

    2. Your answer:
    Bill of Rights
    U.S.Constitution
    Declaration of Independence
    Virginia Declaration of Rights

  2. What did the English Parliment feel it had a right to do to the colonists?

    3. Your answer:
    tax them
    govern them
    trade with them
    make laws for them

  3. The __________ believed it had the legal authority in the colonies.

    4. Your answer:
    The King and the Parliment
    House of Burgesses and the King
    Royal Governor and House of Burgesses
    English Parliment and local assemblies

  4. What did the colonists and the English Parliment disagree about?

    5. Your answer:
    How they should be governed
    Trade relations
    Educatioon
    Taxation

  5. The people of Virginia made significant contributions to our form of government during the __________.

    6. Your answer:
    era of the Revolutionary War
    early Jamestown era
    Civil War
    World Wars

  6. The authority to govern belongs to the ________as stated in the Declaration of Independence.

    7. Your answer:
    lawmakers
    President
    King
    people

  7. All _________are created equal as stated in the Declaration of Independence.

    8. Your answer:
    English men
    lawmakers
    people
    English women

  8. The capital city of Virginia was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg after a ____________destroyed Jamestown.

    9. Your answer:
    fire
    war
    flood
    riot

  9. Name thc capital cities of Virginia in order.

    10. Your answer:
    Jamestown, Williamsburg, Washington D.C.
    Jamestown, Petersburg, Richmond
    Jamestown, Fredericksburg, Petersburg
    Jamestown, Williamsburg, Richmond

  10. What influenced the move from Williamsburg to Richmond?

    11. Your answer:
    Richmond was a more centralized location
    Richmond was a further distance from an attack from sea
    Better opportunity for trade
    all of the above

  11. Richmond was chosen for the capital because of its central __________.

    12. Your answer:
    location
    city
    town
    none of the above

  12. What developed between the colonies and England?

    13. Your answer:
    trade difficulties
    conflicts over governing
    better credit
    conflicts over war with the Indians

  13. Is Williamsburg at a higher or lower elevation than Jamestown?

    14. Your answer:
    higher
    lower
    even
    no differece

  14. The distance from attack by the English was lessened by moving the capital to ____________.

    15. Your answer:
    Richmond
    Jamestown
    Williamsburg
    Petersburg

  15. The capital of Virginia was moved from Williamsburg to Richmond because the people were moving __________.

    16. Your answer:
    southward
    northward
    eastward
    westward

  16. ____________wrote the Declaration of Independence.

    17. Your answer:
    George Mason
    George Wythe
    George Washington
    Thomas Jefferson

  17. What did many of the people use to pay for the goods they bought? (think about the farmers)

    18. Your answer:
    pay as you go
    charge
    credit
    debit

  18. When did the farmers pay their bills?

    19. Your answer:
    any time they wanted
    when they shopped
    at harvest time
    never

  19. What is money called that is put away to save or to spend at a later time?

    20. Your answer:
    credit account
    earnings
    debit account
    savings

  20. The colonists often used _________instead of money to pay their debts.

    21. Your answer:
    pottery
    gold
    barter
    silver

  21. A tobacco farmer often used __________to pay for his debts.

    22. Your answer:
    tobacco
    supplies
    paper money
    slaves

  22. Colonial Virginia had many banks for the people to use.

    23. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  23. The _________of Richmond was considered better for trade.

    24. Your answer:

  24. The trading and exchange of goods without using money is known as ___________.

    25. Your answer:

  25. A _____________ is a good or service owed to another.

    26. Your answer:
    slave
    debt
    I.O.U.
    credit

  26. Currency or money is known as a ____________________.

    27. Your answer:

  27. ____________is the buying of goods or services now and paying for them later.

    28. Your answer:

  28. What was not commonly used in early societies to pay for goods and services received?

    29. Your answer:

  29. Few people had money to pay for the goods and services they received.

    30. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  30. What did the unsanitary or dirty living conditions in Jamestown cause?

    31. Your answer:
    baths every month
    disease
    death
    mosquito bites

  31. What was contaminated by the seepage of salt water in Jamestown?

    32. Your answer:
    sandy soil
    drinking water
    animals' food
    the people's food

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