Jeopardy
Regions of
Virginia
Famous
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Jamestown
Reconstruction
Colony
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Native
Americans
Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from G1
Why did Christopher
Columbus call the people he
found in the lands he
discovered Indians?
$100 Answer from G1
Because he thought he was in the
Indies (near China).
$200 Question from G1
What language did the Indians
speak that lived in the Coastal
Plain (Tidewater) Region?
$200 Answer from G1
Algonquian
$300 Question from G1
What did the Eastern
Woodland Indians use to
make clothes?
$300 Answer from G1
Deerskin
$400 Question from G1
Why were Virginia’s Indians referred to
as the Eastern Woodlands Indians?
$400 Answer from G1
Virginia’s Indians are referred to as
Eastern Woodland Indians, due to the
forests which cover most of the land.
$500 Question from G1
What did the Eastern
Woodland Indians make
their houses out of?
$500 Answer from G1
Shelter was made from
materials around them
mainly wood and bark.
$100 Question from H2
Which region is west of the
Fall Line?
$100 Answer from H2
The Piedmont Region
$200 Question from H2
Which region is east of the
Fall Line?
$200 Answer from H2
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
$300 Question from H2
Which region is located west
of the Blue Ridge Mountains?
$300 Answer from H2
Valley and Ridge
$400 Question from H2
Which region is located in
southwest Virginia?
$400 Answer from H2
Appalachian Plateau
$500 Question from H2
Which region consists of old rounded
mountains and is the source of many
rivers?
$500 Answer from H2
Blue Ridge Mountains
$100 Question from C3
What did some southern states do
after Abraham Lincoln was elected
President of the United States?
$100 Answer from C3
They seceded from the Union and
formed the Confederate States of
American
$200 Question from C3
Who wrote the Virginia
Declaration of Rights?
$200 Answer from C3
George Mason
$300 Question from C3
Who persuaded Chief Powhatan to provide
food to the starving Jamestown colonists?
$300 Answer from C3
Pocahontas
$400 Question from C3
Who was the Union General that
captured and burned Richmond
during the Civil War?
$400 Answer from C3
General Ulysses S. Grant
$500 Question from C3
Who was the first President
of the United States?
$500 Answer from C3
George Washington
$100 Question from E4
What effect did the arrival of
women in 1620 have on the
Jamestown Colony?
$100 Answer from E4
Made it possible for the settlers
to establish families and a
more permanent settlement at
Jamestown
$200 Question from E4
Who financed the settlement
of Jamestown?
$200 Answer from E4
The stockholders of the Virginia
Company of London
$300 Question from E4
The Powhatans traded food, furs
and leather with the English.
What products did the English
trade with the Powhatans ?
$300 Answer from E4
Tools
Pots
Guns
$400 Question from E4
What were the reasons for the location
of the Jamestown Colony?
$400 Answer from E4
1. The location could be easily defended
from attack by sea by the Spanish.
2. The water along the shore was deep
enough for ships to dock.
3. Believed to be a good supply of fresh
water.
$500 Question from E4
Why was Jamestown
established?
$500 Answer from E4
As an economic venture
$100 Question from HM5
What southwestern Virginia city
became an important Railroad Center
during the Reconstruction Era?
$100 Answer from HM5
Roanoke
$200 Question from HM5
What became a source of livelihood
for residents of southwest Virginia
during the Reconstruction Era?
$200 Answer from HM5
Coal Mining
$300 Question from HM5
What government agency provided
food, schools and medical care for
freed slaves and others in Virginia
and the rest of the south?
$300 Answer from HM5
Freedman’s Bureau
$400 Question from HM5
How did Sharecroppers pay for
the land they rented?
$400 Answer from HM5
By promising to pay the owner
with a share of the crop they raised
$500 Question from HM5
What were two measures taken to
resolve some of the problems in
Virginia during Reconstruction?
$500 Answer from HM5
The establishment of the
Freedmen’s Bureau and
sharecropping.
Final Jeopardy
What document became the
basis for the First Amendment to
the United States Constitution?
Final Jeopardy Answer
Virginia Statue for Religious
Freedom