Virginia Colonial Life Review

Which of the following is not a hardship that the settlers at Jamestown faced?

• Marshy land
• Lack of safe drinking water
• Homesickness
• Lack of survival skills

Which of the following was a contribution that John Smith made for the survival of Jamestown?

• Sending everybody home to England
• Creating a trading relationship with the Native Americans
• Marrying Pocahontas
• Telling people they could eat as much food as they wanted

What was the first representative legislative body in America called?

• House of Burgesses
• Government
• Parliament
• General Assembly

How did the arrival of African slaves impact the Virginia colony?

• Made it possible to expand the growth of tobacco
• There were more people to fight in a war
• More people to settle in the colonies
• Made it possible to expand the industrial economy

What is a cash crop?

• Paper grown to make into money
• Crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use
• Crops that were very popular
• Crops that were green

Choose an example of a cultural landscape.

• Farmland
• Trees
• Pond
• Barn

Where did the Germans and Scots-Irish settle in Virginia?

• Coastal Plain
• Richmond
• Shenandoah Valley
• England

Where was Virginia's first capital located?

• Richmond
• Jamestown
• Williamsburg
• Yorktown

Why was the capital later moved to Williamsburg?

• England attacked Jamestown
• Richmond was too crowded
• A fire burned the city down
• They wanted to move it

Why was the capital moved to Richmond?

• It was a more central location
• People liked Richmond better
• It was on a waterfall
• There were more stores