Colonial Life Unit Test 2023

Which BEST completes the chart?

• African men, women, and children were brought to the colony against their will to work as slaves

• Colonists invented the tractor and plow to make tobacco planting easier

• Women were brought over from England to help with the tobacco harvest

• American Indians taught the colonists an easier way to grow tobacco

Which of the following was used as a cash crop in Jamestown?

• Corn

• Tomato

• Beans

• Tobacco

A few white farmers in colonial Virginia owned large farms called----

• plantations

• cabins

• longhouses

• pueblos

The economy of Virginia depended on _______________ as its primary source of wealth.

• agriculture (farming)

• gold and silver

• blacksmiths

• boat making

Which sentence BEST replaces the question mark?

• Slave labor was used to grow tobacco.

• Farmers borrowed more money from banks.

• Landowners had to pay more taxes.

• Indentured servants stopped coming to the colony.

The populations living in Virginia in Colonial times all had equal rights. True or False?

• True

• False

Whenever people settle in an area, they change the landscape to reflect the beliefs, customs, and architecture of their -

• culture

• transportation

• maps

• crops

Which cultural group replaces the question mark?

• Africans

• Australian

• Asians

• Hispanic

During colonial Virginia, the capital first moves from Jamestown to which city?

• Washington

• Jamestown

• Williamsburg

• Richmond

A colonial Virginia farmer has no money for new farm tools now, but promises a part of his crop when it is harvested in the fall. This is an example of -

• bartering

• using credit

• having debt

• saving