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Va Review
SOL practice
20
Social Studies
4th Grade
03/15/2015

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Term
Plateau
Definition
Elevated land that is flat on top
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Fall Line
Definition
The natural border between the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont regions; can't travel any further upriver in a boat
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George Mason
Definition
Didn't sign Constitution, believed in freedom or religion and press
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James Madison
Definition
Father of our Constitution
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John Rolfe
Definition
Brought sweet tobacco to the colonies
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John Smith
Definition
Saved Jamestown; No work, no food!
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General Cornwallis
Definition
British general who surrendered at Yorktown; end of Revolutionary War
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Jack Jouett
Definition
warned Thomas Jefferson about the British coming to arrest him
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George Washington
Definition
commander-in-chief during Revolutionary War
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Barter
Definition
when you trade goods or services without the use of money
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Savings
Definition
put away to use later
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Debt
Definition
when you promise to pay later; you owe someone
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Thomas Jefferson
Definition
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
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Christopher Newport
Definition
Led the expedition to Jamestown
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Quartering Act
Definition
Required colonists to feed and house British soldiers
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Stamp Act
Definition
Taxes on all paper goods
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Sugar Act
Definition
Taxes on sugar
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Piedmont Region
Definition
rolling hills, technology, tobbacco
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Coastal Plain/Tidewater Region
Definition
tourism, peanuts, military bases
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Appalachian Plateau Region
Definition
coal mining, smallest region in Virginia
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