Colonial Life SOL review

Most people is the VA colony lived-

• in large houses

• on plantations

• in one-room houses

• in mansions

The Virginia colony's primary source of wealth came from

• shipbuilding

• masonry

• agriculture

• industry

A crop grown to sell for money rather that for use by the grower is called a-

• cash crop

• dollar crop

• seasonal crop

• King's crop

How did most white Virginians make their living?

• specialized in trade

• importing African slaves

• farming on small farms

• as soldiers in the British Army

A medium of exchange

• credit

• savings

• money

buying a good or service now and paying for it later

• money

• credit

• saving

money put away to spend at a later time

• savings

• money

• credit

Which group of people was brought to the VA colony against their will?

• Scots- Irish

• German men

• American men and children

• African men, women, and children

What was the most profitable agricultural crop in the VA colony?

• corn

• tobacco

• cotton

• Potatoes

Colonial VA had no banks, and currency was scarce. What was one of the most common items the colonists used as money?

• beads

• fur

• tobacco

• corn