Virginia Studies Chapter 4

Most people in the Virginia colony lived

• In large houses

• In one-room houses

• In mansions

• On plantations

The Virginia colony’s primary source of wealth came from-

• Shipbuilding

• Agriculture

• Masonry

• Industry

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

• Dollar crop

• Cash crop

• King’s crop

• Seasonal crop

How did most Virginians make their living?

• Specializing in a trade

• Importing African slaves

• Farming on small farms

• As soldier for the British army

What form of exchange is taking place between these colonists?

• Credit

• Barter

• Currency

• Debt

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

• Scots-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

• Fur

• Tobacco

• Corn

What is a debt?

• Trading good and services

• A type of currency

• A good or service owed to someone

• Putting money away to spend later

What is the most likely title of the list?

Title:

Barns

Homes

Places of worship (i.e. churches)

• Natural Resources to Produce Services in Colonial Virginia

• Agriculture in Settlement Areas of Colonial Virginia

• Economy and Agriculture of Colonial Virginia

• Architecture to Refect Colonial Virginia Culture