Colonial Virginia Review

What was the most important industry in Colonial Virginia?

• Gold Mining

• Agriculture

• Ship Building

• Clothes Making

What was the most profitable product in Colonial Viginia?

• Wheat

• Gold

• Milk

• Tobacco

James is growing wheat to sell for money (not to use himself). The wheat is a....

• Cash Crop

• Money

• Debt

• Savings

Fill in the missing blanks

a

b

e

tobacco

African

Portuguese

timber (wood)

1600s

Civil War

Drag the labels to the correct regions.

b

c

a

English

German-Scot Irish

Africans

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Reasons for Moving the Capital

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(b) NOT Reasons for Moving the Camital

• many wooden and brick buildings had been damaged by fire

• Virginia's govenor refused to live in Jamestown

• the living conditions at Jamestown were unhealthy

• the water near Jamestown wasn't deep enough to dock ships

• Williamsburg was an established town

• Jamestown had dirty drinking water

(a)   buying a good/service now and paying for it later

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​ (b)   currency including bills and coins

​ (c)   trading goods/services with someone

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​ ​ ​ (d)   putting away money to have or spend later

​ ​ (e)   good/service owed to someone

• credit
• barter
• money
• savings
• debt

Many settlers were rich and kept their money in banks in Colonial Virginia. (a)  

Many colonists bought what they wanted on credit. ​ ​ (b)  

Colonists rarely bartered. ​ (c)  

Some tobacco farmers used their tobacco crops as money​ (d)  

• false
• true

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Enslaved Africans

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(b) Women

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(c) Free Africans

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(d) White Virginian Men

• a few owned plantations

• some owned land, but denied basic rights

• made clothing for their families out of wool, cotton, and leather

• worked tobacco and other livestock jobs

• denied basic rights

• had basic rights

Which are examples of architecture that is influenced by culture?

• Houses

• Barns

• Gardens

• Churches