VS4 Virginia Colonial Life

As the Virginia colony grew, it became more dependent on ____________.

• slave labor

• local workers

• German and Scotch-Irish immigrants

• help from the Powhatan people

How did most people make money in the Virginia colony?

• sharecropping

• mining

• agriculture

• industry

A crop that is grown and not used by the growers is called a ____ crop.

• primary

• old

• new

• cash

Names of places reflect culture. Complete the analogy: English is to Richmond as Native American is to _____________.

• Jamestown

• Raleigh

• Roanoke

• Williamsburg

When people migrate (move) to live in a new area, they usually ___________.

• reject all of their old customs

• follow all customs in the new area

• adapt old customs to the new environment

• begin all new customs

In colonial Virginia, the Scotch-Irish and German people settled primarily _______.

• near the fall line

• in the Appalachian Plateau

• in the Shenandoah Valley

• along the James River

Which group were forced to provide the much needed agricultural labor in the Coastal Plains and Piedmont regions?

• Africans

• Scotch-Irish

• Native Americans

• Germans

What system was commonly used to exchange goods and services during colonial times?

• barter

• money

• debit

• currency

A farmer in Virginia bought supplies to grow tobacco. He paid for those supplies months later, after his tobacco was harvested and sold. This is an example of buying ___________.

• on credit

• in bulk

• with cash

• by saving

In colonial Virginia, there were no _____ and _____ was sometimes used as money.

• barns - silver

• churches - gold

• banks - corn

• banks - tobacco