Colonial VA Economy, Resources, and People Review

What natural resources did the colonists use to make clothing?

• bark, cornhusks, tobacco leaves
• seal skin, seaweed, feathers
• cotton, wool, leather
• silk, buffalo hide, papyrus

Both free and enslaved African Americans were denied ________________.

• personal rights
• the ability to marry
• housing
• buying goods on credit

Virginia's primary source of wealth came from ______________.

• shipbuilding
• masonry
• agriculture
• industry

What is the term for currency, which includes coins and paper bills?

• credit
• cash crop
• debt
• money

Colonial Virginia did not have banks and paper and coin money was rare.  What did many colonists use as money?

• beads
• fur
• tobacco
• corn

The successful planting of tobacco depended on a steady and inexpensive source of labor. This labor was provided by...

• Spanish men, women, and children
• English men, women, and children
• African men, women, and children
• American men, women, and children

How did agriculture in the Virginia colony influence the institution of slavery?

• The colony became dependent on slave labor for many years
• Slavery was not a part of agriculture.
• Agriculture ended slavery in Virginia
• The colony's dependence on slave labor only lasted a few years.

What is the term for buying goods and supplies at the beginning of spring but not paying for them until after the harvest in the fall?

• savings
• barter
• credit
• debt

What is the term for buying goods and supplies at the beginning of spring but not paying for them until after the harvest in the fall?

• savings
• barter
• credit
• debt

Which of the following is NOT true about the economy of the Virginia colony?

• Tobacco was a cash crop sold to England.
• Virginia became a major world producer of naval ships
• Agriculture was the primary source of wealth.
• The colony became dependent on slave labor.