1. Clover Hill Elementary
Developed by Mrs. Seger
Clover Hill Elementary
September 2003

2. Directions: Read each question and the four possible answers.
Click on the answer you think is correct.
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A breaking glass sound = incorrect
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3. Question 1
Which of the following states does NOT border Virginia?
A. West Virginia
B. North Carolina
C. Maryland
D. South Carolina

4. Question 2
The James and York Rivers flow into the _________.
A. Potomac River
B. Atlantic Ocean
C. Chesapeake Bay
D. Rappahannock River

5. Question 3
The Eastern Woodlands Indians were able to live in one place
for long periods of time because they _____________.
A. made new tools.
B. farmed the land.
C. made pottery.
D. developed different cultures.

6. Question 4
Which of the following is/are found in Virginia’s Coastal Plain
region?
A. valleys
B. rolling hills
C. mountains
D. flat land

7. Question 5
Mastodons, woolly mammoths, and saber-toothed tigers
may have been hunted by Virginia’s earliest people, who
were known as ____________.
A. Cherokees.
B. Algonquian speakers.
C. Eastern Woodlands Indians.
D. Nomads.

8. Question 6
The Valley and Ridge region is _________ of the
Blue Ridge Mountains.
A. west
B. south
C. north
D. east

9. Question 7
The Cherokees farmed more land and relied on their crops
for food more than other tribes did because _________.
A. they had more people that other tribes.
B. they did not live near the coast where fish and
shellfish were more plentiful.
C. they were unable to get any food any other way.
D. they did not trade with other tribes.

10. Question 8
The physical feature that forms a natural border between the
Coastal Plain and the Piedmont is ___________.
A. the John H. Kerr Reservoir.
B. the Fall Line.
C. the James River.
D. the Blue Ridge Mountains.

11. Question 9
What is an area of land with steep sides and a mostly flat top?
A. dugout
B. plateau
C. estuary
D. inlet

12. Question 10
The region of Virginia that is most likely to experience
hurricanes is the ____________.
A. Blue Ridge region.
B. Coastal Plain region.
C. Appalachian Plateau.
D. Valley and Ridge region.

13. Question 11
From the artifacts found at Cactus Hill, archaeologists learned-
A. that people had lived at the site for at least 13,000 years.
B. the names of the Native Americans that lived there.
C. that Native Americans left no written story for people
to read today.
D. that Native Americans lived in all areas of Virginia.

14. Question 12
What is a place called where fresh water from a river mixes
with salt water from an ocean?
A. inlet
B. weir
C. estuary
D. fall line

15. Question 13
How were all Native Americans alike?
A. They lived along the coast and used the waterways
for transportation and as a source of food.
B. They belonged to tribes, lived in villages, and used
natural resources to meet their needs.
C. They traveled long distances to trade with each other
and wore fringed deerskins.
D. They had many rulers, lived in longhouses, and used
mounds for burying their dead.

16. Question 14
What do you call a boat that has been made from a large,
hollowed-out log?
A. charter
B. dugout
C. tree boat
D. estuary

17. Question 15
Which job was done by men in the Powhatan village?
A. Hunting and fishing
B. Building the longhouses
C. Harvesting and preparing foods
D. Planting and tending crops

18. Question 16
In which of Virginia’s regions can mountain ridges
and the Great Valley be found?
A. the Coastal Plain region
B. the Valley and Ridge region
C. the Blue Ridge region
D. The Appalachian Plateau

19. Question 17
The amount of rainfall or snowfall that places in Virginia
receive differs because of the state’s ____________.
A. bodies of water.
B. mountains.
C. humidity.
D. rain clouds.

20. Question 18
The Siouan-speaking tribes in Virginia used the
Occaneechi Path to travel long distances to_______.
A. bury their dead.
B. meet with tribal leaders
C. trade with other Native Americans
D. gather materials for their villages

21. Question 19
The Appalachian Plateau includes an area where the borders
of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee meet, known as_____.
A. Russell Fork River.
B. Endless Caverns.
C. Burke’s Garden.
D. the Cumberland Gap.

22. Question 20
Something found in nature that people can use is a ______.
A. natural resource
B. fall line
C. palisade
D. rain shadow

23. Congratulations
You’re Done!