Culture Groups
Agriculture & Industry
Everyday Life
Economy
Throwback!
100
What is culture?
The way people live and traditions they have.
100
What was the cash crop of Colonial Virgina?
Tobacco
100
True or False: Slaves lived with their owners in large homes.
False.
100
What is a cash crop?
A crop harvested by a farmer to sell, not keep
100
Which two bodies of water border the Coastal Plain region of Virginia?
a. Chesapeake Bay
b. York River
c. Pacific Ocean
d. Atlantic Ocean
A and D - Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean
200
Which region of Virginia did the Scots-Irish and Germans live in?
Valley and Ridge (number 2)
200
Work done where there is NO product to sell.
a) goods
b) services
c) debt
d) credit
Services
200
Who was responsible for making clothing?
Women
200
A good or service owed to someone is _____.
Debt
200
What is an example of an artifact?
Answers may vary
300
What is architecture?
Buildings like barns, homes, and places of worship (church)
300
What is agriculture?
Science of raising farm animals and crops
300
Which population group was the largest?
a. Small farmers
b. Wealthy farmers
c. Enslaved Africans
d. Free Africans
a. Small farmers
300
Buying a good now, and paying for it later is ______.
Credit
300
Werowocomoco was a large _________ _________ town located along the York River.
Native American
400
Which of the following describes the life of enslaved African Americans in Colonial Virginia?
A. Enslaved African Americans had many basic rights.
B. Enslaved African Americans worked tobacco, other crops, and livestock.
C. Many African Americans owned larger farms (plantations).
D. Some African Americans were members of the House of Burgesses.
b - worked tobacco, other crops, and livestock
400
______ were used as slave labor to grow the crops.
Africans
400
Which of the following is true of both enslaved people and indentured servants?
A. Both were used to get free labor.
B. Both lasted for 4 to 7 years.
C. Both were determined by race.
D. Both were voluntary.
C - both were determined by race
400
Which three statements best describe the economy of the Virginia colony?
a. The colony became dependent on slave labor.
b. The Virginia colony became a major world producer of ships.
c. Tobacco was a cash crop sold to England.
d. Agriculture was the primary source of wealth.
a, c, d
400
Which season did the Iroquoian women weave baskets and make clothing while the men hunted?
Winter
500
What three statements are true about resources in colonial Virginia?
A. Families made their own clothes.
B. Many people lived in homes with only one bedroom.
C. People mostly ate food that was produced nearby.
D. Food choices were unlimited.
E. Most people wore clothing made from silk.
a, b, c
500
Which of these statements about slavery in the Virginia colony is true?
A. Agriculture ended slavery in Virginia.
B. Slavery was never used in the Virginia colony.
C. The colony became dependent on slave labor because it was cheap for the farmers.
D. The colony only used slave labor for a few years.
C - The colony became dependent on slave labor because it was cheap for the farmers.
500
Why did the capital move from Jamestown to Williamsburg? Write all reasons.
Fire destroyed buildings, Williamsburg had clean drinking water, Jamestown was unhealthy because people were dying of disease.
500
True or False: Banks did not exist in Colonial Virginia, so the colonists bartered goods and services like tobacco.
True!
500
What was the name of the charter given by King James I to settle in a new place, claim land for the colony, and give settlers the same rights they would have had in England?
Virginia Company of London