Ch 8 - Exploring and Settling West Virginia
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- Q1Abraham Wood sponsored the three voyages of John Lederer.TrueFalse300s
- Q2The Batts and Fallam expedition entered present-day Kanawha County before heading home.falsetrue300s
- Q3The French came from New Orleans to explore the Ohio Valley.falsetrue300s
- Q4The term Pennsylvania Dutch came from the word Deutsch, which means Dutch.falsetrue300s
- Q5Which statement, describing a condition at Jamestown, provides a reason that the colony was NOT located in a good place?There was no good drinking water.Its location was too far inland to have access to the sea.A number of hostile Indian tribes lived nearby.The soil was poor for growing crops.300s
- Q6Which explorers discovered trees on which the letters M.A.N.I. and MA.NI.were written in charcoal?Needham and ArthurBatts and FallamHoward and SallingWood and Bland300s
- Q7Who was the explorer who was killed after negotiating a treaty with the Cherokee to eliminate the Occaneechi as middlemen in trade with the Virginians?Abraham WoodJames NeedhamJohn Peter SallingJohn Lederer300s
- Q8Of what nationality were settlers who came from the area of Europe known as the Palatinate?FrenchScots-IrishBelgianGerman300s
- Q9Which statement provides a reason for the increased settlement of Virginia’s western lands after 1730?Virginia changed its land policies to keep other colonies from claiming the land.The Indians were no longer a problem.More immigrants came from Europe.Cheap land was made available.300s
- Q10Who was the first European settler in western Virginia?Isaac Van MeterJoist HiteMorgan MorganLouis Michel300s
- Q11What group of immigrants primarily settled in the Eastern Panhandle?FrenchItalianGermanScots-Irish300s
- Q12Which group of immigrants were some of the best fighters in the colonial militia?GermanScots-irishItaliansFrench300s
- Q13Commander of the ships that set sail from England in 1606 for Roanoke IslandThomoas WalkerNathaniel BaconChristopher NewportChristopher Gis300s
- Q14First European to see the Great Kanawha RiverJohn LedererChristopher GistWilliam BerkeleyGabriel Arthur300s
- Q15Awarded golden horseshoes to fellow explorersAlexander SpotswoodGabriel ArthurNathaniel BaconJohn Lederer300s