VS 4 Quiz 1- Colonial Culture/Economics

Virginia's primary source of wealth came from-

• shipbuilding

• masonry

• agriculture

• industry

How did most white Virginians make their living?

• specializing in a trade

• importing African slaves

• farming

• as soldiers for the British army

A crop that is grown to sell for money is called a --

• cash crop

• dollar crop

• seasonal crop

• King's tax crop

Why did the Virginia colony need African slave labor?

• It was a reliable and cheap source of labor.

• Europeans were terrible farmers.

• Most European countries used slaves.

• Africans wanted to come to the New World.

Both free and enslaved African Americans were denied--

• personal rights

• housing

• the ability to marry

• buying goods on credit

What was the most profitable cash crop the Virginia colony sold to England?

• corn

• tobacco

• cotton

• potatoes

What is a debt?

• trading goods and services

• a type of currency

• a good or service owed to someone

• putting money away to spend later

Colonial Virginia had no banks and currency was scarce. What did many colonists use as money?

• beads

• fur

• tobacco

• corn

What form of exchange is taking place between these colonists?

• credit

• currency

• barter

• debt

What natural resources did the colonists use to make clothing?

• bark, cornhusks, tobacco leaves

• cotton, wool, leather

• seal skin, seaweed, feathers

• silk, buffalo hide, papyrus