Colonial Virginia Quizs

What did the economy of the Virginia colony depend on as the primary source of wealth?

• agriculture

• mining

• fishing

• manufacturing

What is a good or service owed to someone?

• A debt

• A gift

• A loan

• A payment

What type of house was most common in colonial Virginia?

• Large, two-story brick houses

• Small, one-room houses with dirt floors

• Spacious wooden cabins with multiple rooms

• Luxury mansions with gardens

Which group of people in

colonial Virginia worked

mainly to harvest tobacco

(and other crops) and take

care of livestock?

• Enslaved African Americans

• Indentured Servants

• Free Farmers

• Native Americans

Why did Africans settle primarily in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and Piedmont regions?

• They were brought there to work on tobacco farms and plantations.

• They were seeking new trade routes.

• They were escaping from drought in their homeland.

• They were attracted by the gold discovered in the mountains.

The Virginia colony became dependent on ________________ as tobacco and other cash crops became successful.

• indentured servitude

• free labor

• slave labor

• native labor

What was the most

profitable agricultural

product in colonial Virginia?

• cotton

• tobacco

• wheat

• rice

In what area(s) of the Virginia colony did English and other European colonists settle?

• the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and Piedmont regions

• the Appalachian Mountains

• the Great Plains

• the Rocky Mountains

Roanoke is a city in Virginia. What culture does this name reflect?

• the American Indian culture

• the European colonial culture

• the African American culture

• the Hispanic culture

What is a cash crop?

• a crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers

• a crop that is used primarily for animal feed

• a crop that is grown in home gardens

• a crop that is cultivated for its ornamental value