Washington County 4-H History Bowl Practice #5

Money was commonly used in the early Virginia Colony.

• True

• False

In colonial Virginia few people had paper money and coins to use to buy goods and services.

• True

• False

Farmers and other consumers could buy goods and services on credit. When did they pay their debt?

• at the end of the fiscal year

• within a month of receiving the merchandise

• when their crops were harvested and sold

• as soon as they received their paycheck

What forms of exchange were used in the Virginia Colony?

• money

• dividends

• barter

• credit

People living in colonial Virginia depended on ______, _______, and ______ resources to produce the goods and services they needed.

• manmade resources

• natural resources

• human resources

• capital resources

What rights did enslaved African Americans have?

• The Virginia Bills of Rights

• none

• The constitution

• articles of confederation

Free African Americans owned their own business and property, but they were denied most _______.

• laws

• rights

• protections

• opportunities

How did most white Virginians make a living in colonial Virginia?

• small farms/living from the land

• construction work

• large plantations that required slave labor

• big corporations

In colonial Virginia, most clothing was made from ______, _____, and/or ______

• cotton

• wool

• polyester

• leather

England became ______ _____ in the early 1700's.

• Great Society

• Soviet Union

• Great Britain

• Great Kingdon