Colonial Virginia

Virginia's economy depended on which of the following as the primary source of wealth?

• livestock

• shipbuilding

• woodworking

• agriculture

What was Virginia's first capital?

• Jamestown

• Williamsburg

• Yorktown

• Richmond

True or False? Everyone used paper money and coins in colonial Virginia.

• True

• False

How many banks were in colonial Virginia?

• 100

• 100,000

• 0

• 10,000

Roanoke is a city in Virginia. What culture did it get its name from?

• African

• American Indian

• German

• English

What was Virginia's main cash crop?

• wheat

• corn

• tobacco

• barley

What destroyed wooden and brick buildings in Jamestown?

• war

• earthquake

• tornado

• fire

The Virginia colony became dependent on which of the following?

• shipbuilding

• slave labor

• earthquake

• child labor

Why were the American Indians forced to move inland?

• the settlers began taking over their land

• not enough food

• not enough safe drinking water

• a fire destroyed their buildings

What group(s) of immigrants settled in the Shenandoah Valley (along the migration route)?

• French and Japanese

• Africans and American Indians

• Scots-Irish and Germans

• English and Africans