Chapter 4

Most people in the Virginia colony lived-

• in large houses

• on plantations

• in one-room houses

• in mansions

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

• shipbuilding

• masonry

• agriculture

• industry

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

• cash crop

• dollar crop

• seasonal crop

• kings' crop

How did most white Virginians make their living?

• Specializing in a trade

• Importing African slaves

• Farming on small farms

• As soldiers for the British army

Buying a good or service now and paying for it later.

• money

• credit

• savings

Money put away to save or to spend at a later time.

• money

• credit

• savings

A medium of exchange

• money

• credit

• savings

What form of exchange is taking place between these colonists?

• Credit

• Currency

• Barter

• 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