2019_5_VirginiaStudies_Colonial

The following are reasons the capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg EXCEPT --

• unhealthy living conditions caused diseases

• the livestock needed a different type of grass

• the drinking water was contaminated

• fire destroyed wooden and brick buildings

If you were traveling west of the James River and your ship reached a place where it could no longer keep traveling, what capital city of Virginia would you be near?

• Richmond

• Washington, D.C.

• Williamsburg

• Jamestown

Trading beads for fur is an example of --

• barter

• saving

• debt

• credit

Which of the following is NOT a true statement?

• Credit was used in colonial Virginia.

• Colonial Virginia had several banks.

• Only some people in colonial Virginia had paper money.

• Farmers could use crops to pay off their debts.

Why was bartering a common practice in the Virginia colony?

• Sometimes banks were not open.

• Few people had paper money or coins.

• People did not save money.

• People had a lot of money, but didn't want to use it.

Savings is to money put away to save or spend later as __________ is to buying goods or services and paying later.

• bartering

• credit

• cash

• savings

Many free African Americans owned their own businesses but were --

• able to have all their rights.

• denied the right to own property.

• not allowed to own property.

• denied most rights.

What belongs in the shaded part?

• Both could own their own property.

• Both were forced into slavery.

• Both made money growing crops.

• Both had limited rights.

What is a cash crop?

• A crop that is grown mainly for use by the grower.

• A specific crop that growers plant to use as medicine.

• A specific crop that growers are paid to grow.

• A crop grown primarily to make money.

Look at the diagram above. What should replace the question mark?

• The Virginia Colony was successful because wheat became a cash crop.

• The Virginia Colony became dependent on slave labor, which lasted a long time.

• The Virginia Colony did NOT become dependent on slave labor.

• The Virginia Colony became dependent on labor provided by indentured servants.