Golden Horseshoe 5

Which of the following counties is not in the eastern panhandle?

A. Morgan B. Hancock

C. HampshireD. Mineral

B. Hancock

What college occupies the site of the first land battle of the Civil War?

Alderson-Broaddus

Who discovered the Grave Creek

Mound?

James Tomlinson

West Virginia’s Strawberry

Festival is held annually in -

Buckhannon

The Blenko family is

associated with what industry?

Glass

The home built by Governor

MacCorkle in Charleston is called

what?

Sunrise

The first major oil field in WV

was located where?

Burning Springs

361 died in a mining disaster in what town?

Monongah

The main character in the

novel Follow the River is who?

Mary Ingles

Cornstalk was a member of what tribe?

Shawnee

The heroine of the second

attack on Fort Henry was -

Betty Zane

Who was the “Great

Wildcatter”?

Michael Benedum

Who are WV’s two Senators

John Rockefeller and Joe Manchin

The idea that the power of government rest with

the people and that officials in government must represent and be

responsible is -

Popular sovereignty

Which of these immigrants were not steelworkers in

1910?A. Poles

B. MexicansC. Serbs

D. Russians

B. Mexicans

The Climate of West

Virginia is -

Humid Continental

What is the location of the first school

for African Americans in WV?

Parkersburg

The currency used in a mine

company’s store was called what?

Scrip

What union was headed by Cabin Creek natives Arnold Miller and Cecil Roberts ?

UMWA

Morgantown is located on what river?

Monongahela

The Glade Creek Grist Mill

is located in what state park?

Babcock

Jefferson Rock is located where?

Harpers Ferry National

Historical Park