Colonial Virginia: Gap Game

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

• Shipbuilding

• Masonry

• Agriculture

• Industry

Most people in the Virginia colony lived -

• in large houses

• on plantations

• in one-room houses

• in mansions

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

• cash crop

• dollar crop

• seasonal crop

• king's crop

What is a debt?

• Trading goods and services

• A type of currency

• A good or service owed to someone

• Putting money away to spend later

Which reasons explain why Virginia's capital was relocated from Jamestown to Williamsburg?

• Drinking water in Jamestown was contaminated with saltwater seepage.

• The colonists were moving westward across Virginia.

• Fire destroyed wooden and brick buildings at Jamestwon.

• Williamsburg was an established town.

How did the success of tobacco affect life in the Virginia colony?

• The colony became dependent on slave labor

• the native peoples learned how to harvest tobacco

• English women were brought to the colony to harvest tobacco

• More banks opened since farmers no longer needed to barter

After the settlers arrived in Jamestown, American Indians were forced to -

• move inland

• live in colonial settlements

• marry Europeans

• only speak English

What happened to customs as people migrated?

• New customs were created by the Germans in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater)

• Old customs were forgotten and replaced with new ones

• New customs were created by the Africans in the Shenandoah Valley

• Old customs were adapted to fit new environments

Because farmers had little to no currency until their crops were harvested, how did they acquire the goods and services they needed?

• debt

• credit

• coins

• paper bills

Virginia was a colony of -

• Africa

• Spain

• Portugal

• England