Jeopardy American Revolution Regions of Virginia U S

Jeopardy American Revolution Regions of Virginia U. S. Jamestown & Constitution Va Colony Reconstruction Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from G 1 Who was the commander of the Continental Army?

$100 Answer from G 1 George Washington

$200 Question from G 1 What was Patrick Henry speaking out against when he said “Give me liberty or give me death? ”

$200 Answer from G 1 Taxation without Representation

$300 Question from G 1 Who did loyalists support during the American Revolution?

$300 Answer from G 1 The British

$400 Question from G 1 How did the Revolutionary war end?

$400 Answer from G 1 The English surrendered after the Battle of Yorktown

$500 Question from G 1 Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

$500 Answer from G 1 Thomas Jefferson

$100 Question from H 2 What two large bodies of water border Virginia?

$100 Answer from H 2 Atlantic Ocean Chesapeake Bay

$200 Question from H 2 What are the five regions of Virginia?

$200 Answer from H 2 1. Coastal Plain (Tidewater) 2. Piedmont 3. Blue Ridge Mountains 4. Valley and Ridge 5. Appalachian Plateau

$300 Question from H 2 What is the Piedmont region like?

$300 Answer from H 2 Rolling Hills

$400 Question from H 2 What is a peninsula?

$400 Answer from H 2 A piece of land bordered by water on three sides.

$500 Question from H 2 Which region consists of old rounded mountains and is the source of many rivers?

$500 Answer from H 2 Blue Ridge Mountains

$100 Question from C 3 What document is based on the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

$100 Answer from C 3 The Bill of Rights

$200 Question from C 3 Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

$200 Answer from C 3 George Mason

$300 Question from C 3 Why was James Madison called the “Father of the Constitution”?

$300 Answer from C 3 Due to the detailed notes he kept and his skills at compromise which helped the delegates reach agreement while writing the constitution?

$400 Question from C 3 Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

$400 Answer from C 3 Thomas Jefferson

$500 Question from C 3 What document is based on the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

$500 Answer from C 3 The first amendment of the Constitution of United States of America which protects religious freedom.

$100 Question from E 4 Why was the arrival of women in 1620 to Jamestown important?

$100 Answer from E 4 Made it possible for the settlers to establish families and a more permanent settlement at Jamestown

$200 Question from E 4 Who financed the settlement of Jamestown?

$200 Answer from E 4 The stockholders of the Virginia Company of London

$300 Question from E 4 The Powhatans traded food, furs and leather with the English. What products did the English trade with the Powhatans ?

$300 Answer from E 4 Tools Pots Guns

$400 Question from E 4 Why did the colonists decide on the location of Jamestown to settle?

$400 Answer from E 4 1. Easily defended from attack by sea 2. Deep enough for ships to dock. 3. Believed to be a good supply of fresh water.

$500 Question from E 4 Why was Jamestown established?

$500 Answer from E 4 As an economic venture

$100 Question from HM 5 What southwestern Virginia city became an important Railroad Center during the Reconstruction Era?

$100 Answer from HM 5 Roanoke

$200 Question from HM 5 What became a source of livelihood for residents of southwest Virginia during the Reconstruction Era?

$200 Answer from HM 5 Coal Mining

$300 Question from HM 5 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 HM 5 Freedman’s Bureau

$400 Question from HM 5 How did Sharecroppers pay for the land they rented?

$400 Answer from HM 5 By promising to pay the owner with a share of the crop they raised

$500 Question from HM 5 What were two measures taken to resolve some of the problems in Virginia during Reconstruction?

$500 Answer from HM 5 The establishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau and sharecropping.

Final Jeopardy What was Patrick Henry’s role in the Revolutionary War?

Final Jeopardy Answer Inspired patriots from other colonies when he spoke out against taxation without representation by saying “…give me liberty or give me death. ”