Colonial Resources

Multiple Choice

What resources did colonial Virginia depend on to produce the goods and services they needed?

• human only

• capital only

• natural only

• natural, human, and capital

Multiple Choice

In Colonial Virginia most white Virginians were __________.

• farmers

• bankers

• slaves

• bakers

Multiple Choice

What was food like in colonial Virginia?

• pasta and a wide variety of vegetables

• corn traded for metal products with the Native Americans

• limited to local fruits/vegetables and meats

• chicken, lamb, fish, and berries only

Multiple Choice

Meals were made of ____________ produce and meats.

• old
• local
• foreign
• new

Multiple Choice

Most people lived in _____________ houses with dirt floors.

• mansion
• two stories
• one-room
• tent

Multiple Choice

Households made their own _______ from leather, cotton, and wool.

• homes

• food

• laws

• clothes

Multiple Choice

______________ in households made their own clothes for family members.

• Women
• Men
• Children
• African Americans

Multiple Choice

Most people lived in ________.

• one room homes with dirt floors

• plantations

• mansions

• apartments

Multiple Choice

True or False: Most colonists lived on large plantations.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Enslaved African Americans were denied basic ____________.

• human rights
• voting rights
• needs
• wants

Multiple Choice

Some ____________ African Americans owned land but were denied basic rights.

• free
• enslaved
• indentured
• older

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between enslaved workers and indentured servants?

• There is no difference between the two.

• Indentured servants chose to work for free and were eventually set free. Enslaved people were forced into this life and were not set free.

• Indentured servants were upper class citizens (gentry) while enslaved people were in the middle class.

• Indentured servants were paid with gold but enslaved people were paid with coins.

Multiple Select

People living in colonial Virginia depended on what resources to produce the goods and services they needed? Choose 3.

• natural

• human

• captial

• store-bought