Jeopardy Regions of Virginia Famous Virginians Jamestown Reconstruction Colony Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 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