Colonial Virginia (Chapter 4)

Most people in the Virginia 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 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?

• specializing in a trade

• importing African slaves

• farming on small farms

• as soldiers for the British army

Choose the correct word to go with the following definition:

buying a good or service now and paying for it later

• money

• credit

• savings

Choose the correct word to go with the following definition:

money put away to save or to spend at a later time

• money

• credit

• savings

Choose the correct word to go with the following definition:

a medium of exchange

• money

• credit

• savings

What group of people was brought to the Virginia colony against its will?

• Scot-Irish men

• German men, women, and children

• American Indian children

• African men, women, and children

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

• Corn

• Tobacco

• Cotton

• Potatoes

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

• beads

• corn

• grain

• tobacco