HIUS 390 Exam 1 Questions
With Answers
Scripture for Biblical Importance of studying history - Answer Luke 1:1-4
Bordering states to Virginia - Answer 1. Maryland
2. West Virginia
3. Kentucky
4. Tennessee
5. North Carolina
6. DC
Five Regions of Virginia - Answer 1. Appalachian Plateau
2. Piedmont
3. Blue Ridge
4. Valley & Ridge
5. Coastal Plain
Which one of Virginia's regions is the most important? - Answer The Coastal Plain
Chesapeake Bay - Answer 1. Made Virginia a successful colony
2. Eastern shore protected it from bad weather
3. Flourish in fishing, crabbing, etc.
River System - Answer 1. James River
2. York River
3. Rappahannock River
3. Potomac River
4. All rivers flow from west to east
Native Populations - Answer 1. Algonquian, Siouan, Iroquoian
Main tribe in Virginia? - Answer Powhatan
Last tribe to fall to Powhatan Empire? - Answer Chesapeake (1607)
Which two nations led the way to expanison? - Answer Spain and Portugal
, Spanish explorers and Virginia - Answer 1560: explored land in Jamestown and took
Indian boy back to Spain to teach him Spanish. Once they arrived back, the boy wast
accepted back into the tribe and then the explorers executed.
Causes of English and Spanish Tension - Answer Spain saw itself as the protector of
Catholicism from Anglican England
Factors influencing a move to Colonization - Answer 1. Religious Divisions within
Anglicanism (Purtians, Pilgrims, Quakers, etc.)
2. Growing dissension over economic opportunity
First attempt at Colonization - Answer Roanoke Island
Which king replaced Elizabeth as queen and was interested in colonization? - Answer
James I
The Virginia Company - Answer Authorized exploration and settlement in the Atlantic.
Settlers would maintain their English rights.
Richard Hakluyt - Answer Salesman who pushed and encouraged exploration of the
New World. Primarily recruited settlers through broad sides
Motivations of Exploration - Answer 1. Riches
2. Widespread unemployment in England
3. Desire to check Spanish expansion
4. Spread Protestantism
Three ships used in settlement - Answer Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery
Who led the Virginia Company settlement? - Answer Christopher Newport
Who replaced Edward Wingfield in the Virginia Company settlement? - Answer John
Ratcliffe
What was the worst killer during this time? - Answer Disease
How many settlers were dead by 1608? - Answer 2/3
Why was 1609-1610 referred to as The Starving Time? - Answer Roughly 80% of the
500 settlers die, survivors resort to eating dogs, cats, rats, and other people. Thomas
Gates and Thomas West arrive to find 60 survivors in 1610
What was John Smith's role? - Answer Worked with Indians to develop a relationship,
ruled as a dictator and instituted "He that shall not work, shall not eat."
With Answers
Scripture for Biblical Importance of studying history - Answer Luke 1:1-4
Bordering states to Virginia - Answer 1. Maryland
2. West Virginia
3. Kentucky
4. Tennessee
5. North Carolina
6. DC
Five Regions of Virginia - Answer 1. Appalachian Plateau
2. Piedmont
3. Blue Ridge
4. Valley & Ridge
5. Coastal Plain
Which one of Virginia's regions is the most important? - Answer The Coastal Plain
Chesapeake Bay - Answer 1. Made Virginia a successful colony
2. Eastern shore protected it from bad weather
3. Flourish in fishing, crabbing, etc.
River System - Answer 1. James River
2. York River
3. Rappahannock River
3. Potomac River
4. All rivers flow from west to east
Native Populations - Answer 1. Algonquian, Siouan, Iroquoian
Main tribe in Virginia? - Answer Powhatan
Last tribe to fall to Powhatan Empire? - Answer Chesapeake (1607)
Which two nations led the way to expanison? - Answer Spain and Portugal
, Spanish explorers and Virginia - Answer 1560: explored land in Jamestown and took
Indian boy back to Spain to teach him Spanish. Once they arrived back, the boy wast
accepted back into the tribe and then the explorers executed.
Causes of English and Spanish Tension - Answer Spain saw itself as the protector of
Catholicism from Anglican England
Factors influencing a move to Colonization - Answer 1. Religious Divisions within
Anglicanism (Purtians, Pilgrims, Quakers, etc.)
2. Growing dissension over economic opportunity
First attempt at Colonization - Answer Roanoke Island
Which king replaced Elizabeth as queen and was interested in colonization? - Answer
James I
The Virginia Company - Answer Authorized exploration and settlement in the Atlantic.
Settlers would maintain their English rights.
Richard Hakluyt - Answer Salesman who pushed and encouraged exploration of the
New World. Primarily recruited settlers through broad sides
Motivations of Exploration - Answer 1. Riches
2. Widespread unemployment in England
3. Desire to check Spanish expansion
4. Spread Protestantism
Three ships used in settlement - Answer Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery
Who led the Virginia Company settlement? - Answer Christopher Newport
Who replaced Edward Wingfield in the Virginia Company settlement? - Answer John
Ratcliffe
What was the worst killer during this time? - Answer Disease
How many settlers were dead by 1608? - Answer 2/3
Why was 1609-1610 referred to as The Starving Time? - Answer Roughly 80% of the
500 settlers die, survivors resort to eating dogs, cats, rats, and other people. Thomas
Gates and Thomas West arrive to find 60 survivors in 1610
What was John Smith's role? - Answer Worked with Indians to develop a relationship,
ruled as a dictator and instituted "He that shall not work, shall not eat."
