VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING
TEST ITEM SET
VIRGINIA STUDIES
2008 History and Social Science
Standards of Learning
Released Spring 2014
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SAMPLE
Virginia
Map l egend
* Capital
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City
s
Richmond *
In which direction would you t ravel from Richmond to Alexandria?
0 A North
0 B South
() c
East
(J D West
Which group established the town of Werowocomoco?
() A English settlers
0 B American Indians
0
c
Spanish missionaries
0 D African Americans
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How do we know what life was like for Jamestown settlers?
We can study items such as metal tools to learn how they
were used.
People studying the past best learn about artifacts like these by-
0 A designing them on computers
0 B seeing them in newspapers
0 C digging at archaeological sites
U D looking at colonial pictures
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Which of these happened last?
U A Settlers learned survival skills from Powhatan and other native peoples.
0 B Native peoples saw the settlers as invaders taking their land.
U
c
Settlers communicated with the native peoples through Pocahontas.
0 D Native peoples taught the settlers to plant corn and other crops.
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What is the best example of a cultural landscape?
v
A Tree
0 B Cow
V
c
Barn
0 D Tractor
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The arrival of European settlers changed the lives of American Indians by forcing them to -
() A build new houses
0 B attend school
0
c
move inland
0 D work on ships
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The area of West Virginia became a state because-
() A its people opposed slavery
0 B Abraham Lincoln was elected
u
C its people supported women's suffrage
0 D John Brown caused a slave revolt
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Regions of Virginia
Which number marks the region where the first English settlement in Virginia was located?
0 A 1
0 B 2
0 C 3
0 D 4
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• Author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• Served as Governor during the Revolutionary War
• Served in Continental Congress
Which Virginian is responsible for these contributions?
0 A Thomas Jefferson
() B George Washington
0 C Patrick Henry
() D James Madison
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Which group's traditional homeland was located in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region of Virginia?
u
A Lakota
0 B English
U C Powhatan
0 D African
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Edmund: "I think we should stay loyal to the king."
Joshua: "I think we should form our own nation."
Which statement about these two Virginians is probably true?
U A Only one led soldiers in the colonies.
(.; B They took opposite sides in the American Revolution.
0 C Only one paid taxes in the colonies.
0 D They had different opinions about African-American slavery.
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!NTI·SLAVHHJ
Which group would most likely have supported this type of meeting?
(.) A Industrialists
() B Abolitionists
0
c
Plantation owners
0 D Confederate soldiers
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Which newspape.r headline describes the result of the battl e between the Me"lmack and the Mon/tof'?
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Civil War News
OA
lUUJ
Struggle Ends in Draw
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Civil War News
~
§
§
OBlUUJ
Merrimack Goes Down Fighting
u c
Civil War News
§
Monitor Destroyed by Fire
_ Civil War News
§
oolUUJ
Victory for the South
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• Maintaining farms and plantations
• Providing labor for the military
During the Civil War, which group did this work for the Confederate states?
0 A New European immigrants
0 B American I ndians
0
C Southern abolitionists
0 D Enslaved African Americans
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Which Virginia governor is known for the " Pay As You Go" road improvement policy?
U A A. Linwood Holton
0 B Mills E. Godwin, Jr.
0 c Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
0 D L. Douglas Wilder
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?
Part of
Appalachian
system
Source of
many rivers
Which region completes this diagram?
0 A Piedmont
0 B Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
U
c
Valley and Ridge
0 D Blue Ridge Mountains
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Virginia, 1775
Map Legend
•
-
O ty
River
A settler in Richmond who wanted to return to Europe would travel on which river?
0 A James
0 B Shenandoah
0 C Roanoke
U D Potomac
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Which body of water separates the Eastern Shore from the Virginia mainland?
0 A Atlantic Ocean
0 B Potomac River
u c Chesapeake Bay
0 D James River
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Mari lives in Virginia near the North Carolina border. She is
writing a history report on the native peoples that lived near
her home and spoke an Iroquoian language.
Which American Indians will be described in Marl's report?
(.) A Cherokee
0
B Pamunkey
0
C Monacan
u
D Powhatan
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?
Sources of
Food
Transportation
Routes
Pathways for
Exploration
The best title for this diagram is-
U A Why American I ndians Lived in Virginia
0 B The Reasons to Defend Jamestown From Spain
0 C Why Jamestown Colonists Moved West
0 D The Importance of Rivers to the Virginia Settlement
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The first settlers founded Jamestown on 0
A an island
0 B an isthmus
v
C a peninsula
0 D a st rait
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Virginia and Bordering States
Where did many Virginians settle after traveling through the Cumberland Gap?
U A 1 and 2
U B 1 and 3
0
c
2 and 4
0 D 3 and 4
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Burning of Jamestown
What was the result of t his event?
() A Colonists leave the Chesapeake Bay area
0 B City rebuilt near Werowocomoco
0 C Colonists join the local American Indian tribe
0 D Capital moved to Williamsburg
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The charters of the Virginia Company of London gave-
\.) A property rights to women
0 B religious freedom to slaves
U
c
English rights to the colonists
0 D land to the American Indians
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CAUSE
EFFECT
The colonists felt they
The colonists
decided to fight
for independence
?
Which phrase best completes this diagram?
0 A had the right to own slaves
0 B should own English land
v c
had the right to govern themselves
0 D should have an English king
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Legal Authority in the Colonies
British Ideas
Colonists' Ideas
Parliament
?
Which group completes this table?
0
A Earliest settlers
0 B Royal governors
0 C Wealthy families
u
D Local assemblies
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After Reconstruction, the freedoms given to African Americans were-
U A taken away by Jim Crow laws
0 B changed by the Supreme Court
U C increased by the Bill of Rights
0 D voted against by Congress
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VOTE for John Montgomery
Virginia House of Delegates
If John Montgomery wins this election, his job will be to -
0 A make laws for the state
() B decide which people go to court
U C gather taxes for the state
0 D j udge which laws are constitutional
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As a result of the Civil Rights Movement, laws were passed that-
U A gave immigrants the right to work
0 B made racial discrimination illegal
0
c
gave women the right to vote
0 D made child labor illegal
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Maria is a guide for visitors to a history museum. Maria works in the0 A tourism industry
0
B agriculture industry
0
c
0
D transportation industry
manufacturing industry
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Location 1
Location 2
Which factor would persuade people to move from Location 1 to Location 2?
0 A Religious freedom
0 B Job opportunities
0 C Smaller populations
(.) D Cleaner air
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?
Virginia Farmer
What is the best title for this picture?
0 A Buying on Credit
0 B Exchanging Goods for Se!Vices
() c
Saving Goods for Later Use
0 0 Bartering in the Colonies
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Raw materials to
?
Finished products
to market
What best replaces t h e question mark?
0
A Coal mines
U B Farms
u c Military bases
0 D Factories
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Why was the Freedmen's Bureau created?
0 A To help new immigrants
0 B To help former slaves
0 c To help plantation owners
0 D To help southern soldiers
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Which industry has contributed most to migration within modern Virginia?
U A t.lledicine
u
B Mining
() c
Agriculture
0 D Transportation
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Virginia Studies
Released Test Item Set Spring 2014
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