Colonial Virginia

What influenced the growth of slavery?

• easy travel by ship

• agriculture

• the search for gold

• hunting

What do you call a crop grown specifically to sell for money?

• Profit crop
• Sale crop
• Cash crop
• Barter Charter

Which group of people provided the primary source of labor in Virginia's tobacco fields?

• American Indians
• Scots-Irish
• African Slaves
• Denture Savers

Which place name represents English influence?

• Richmond

• Roanoke

• Werewocomoco

Which place name represents Native American influence?

• Roanoke

• Richmond

• Jamestown

• Williamsburg

What 2 things did Colonial Virginians depend on to get goods and services?

• barter

• gold

• silver

• credit

Which of the following is NOT a reason colonial Virginia became dependent on slave labor?

• The economy depended on agriculture as the primary source of wealth.

• Tobacco became the most profitable agricultural product because it was sold as a cash crop.

• They needed more people to find fresh water and search for gold.

• The successful cultivation of tobacco depended on a steady and cheap source of labor.

What were the three main groups of people that populated Colonial Virginia?

• Africans

• European Immigrants

• Australians

• Native Americans

Tobacco was used as money.

• True

• False

One reason that the capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg is that fire destroyed wooden and brick buildings in Jamestown.

• True

• False