Agriculture
Since Colonial Virginia had no banks and currency was often not available, colonists used ___________ instead of money when exchanging goods and services.
tobacco
The culture of Indigenous people was reflected through ...
a. architecture of two-leveled barns made of stone and wood
b. language with words added to the English vocabulary
b. language with words added to the English vocabulary
When agriculture became important to the colony ...
a. buildings were destroyed by many fires.
b. conflicts arose between immigrant groups.
c. the dependence on enslaved labor grew.
c. the dependence on enslaved labor grew.
Why did people pay with credit in colonial times?
a. They wanted more debt to purchase the goods they wanted.
b. They needed a good now but had to wait for their crops to grow.
b. They needed a good now but had to wait for their crops to grow.
Which location was at a higher elevation without much swampy ground, had healthier living conditions, and was already an established town?
a. Jamestown
b. Richmond
c. Williamsburg
c. Williamsburg
Which cultural group was transported, sold, and forced to work in tobacco fields?
Africans
Africans brought two crops to North America. What were they?
a. corn and tobacco
b. peanuts and rice
b. peanuts and rice
ENSLAVED PERSON or INDENTURED SERVANT?
- a person in a system of forced labor and 'owned' as property
- a person with an agreement to work for 5-7 years and then be freed
ENSLAVED PERSON
- a person in a system of forced labor and 'owned' as property
INDENTURED SERVANT
- a person with an agreement to work for 5-7 years and then be freed
A colonist bought a service on credit before his crops were negatively affected by a drought. Which of the following could describe this man who is now in debt?
a. an African man working on a plantation
b. an Indigenous man serving as a leader to his tribe
c. an English man who owns a small farm
c. an English man who owns a small farm
- church buildings, new homes, stone barns?
a. immigrant architecture
b. reasons to move the capital
c. new languages spoken
a. immigrant architecture
A crop grown for profit rather than for use by the grower is called a ______________.
a. king's crop
b. seasonal crop
c. dollar crop
d. cash crop
d. cash crop
Cash crops such as tobacco or cotton were grown on large farms called ...
a. plantations
b. mansions
c. cottages
a. plantations
- someone forced to work for no pay with almost no chance of being free.
b. an immigrant who wanted new opportunities for a better life
ENSLAVED PERSON
- someone forced to work for no pay with almost no chance of being free.
INDENTURED SERVANT
an immigrant who wanted new opportunities for a better life
What term about colonial Virginia's economy is defined as buying a service now and paying for it later?
credit
- Williamsburg became Virginia's capital.
- Africans arrived in Jamestown.
- Jamestown was founded.
- Jamestown was founded.
- Africans arrived in Jamestown.
- Williamsburg became Virginia's capital.
The Virginia Colony's primary source of wealth came from ________________.
a. shipbuilding
b. architecture
c. agriculture
d. masonry
c. agriculture
Which of the following describe Germans who immigrated to Virginia?
- folk music
- traveled in large groups
- built stone homes
- clog dancing
- traveled in large groups
- built stone homes
Who might wonder if they made the right decision to work for a number of years to earn their freedom?
a. an indentured servant
b. an enslaved African
c. a German immigrant
a. an indentured servant
What term about colonial Virginia's economy is defined as a good, service, or amount of money owed to someone else?
debt
Which of the following is NOT a reason why Virginia's capital was relocated from Jamestown to Williamsburg?
- drinking water contaminated
- homes and buildings destroyed by fires
- James River constantly flooded
- living conditions were unhealthy
- James River constantly flooded
What was an effect of the success of tobacco as a cash crop in the Virginia Colony?
a. Indigenous people because rich by selling tobacco to colonists.
b. Women from England arrived to the colony to harvest tobacco.
c. Colonial officials wrote laws to establish race-based, lifelong enslavement.
c. Colonial officials wrote laws to establish race-based, lifelong enslavement.
Which of the following describe Scotch-Irish who immigrated to Virginia?
- folk music
- traveled in large groups
- built stone homes
- clog dancing
- folk music
- clog dancing
Which cultural group does the following describe; new musical sound, banjos, new crops?
a. Germans
b. Scotch Irish
c. Africans
c. Africans
What term about colonial Virginia's economy is defined as trading or exchanging goods and services without using money?
bartering
Which word describes a person who moved from their home country to colonial Virginia for a new start?
a. immigrant
b. tradesman
c. stockholder
d. frontiersman
a. immigrant