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WorksheetsChapter 4- Colonial Virginia
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 1hrs 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
As Virginia's population grew, in which direction did they move?
a)
West
b)
North
c)
South
d)
East
2.
What is it called when you trade one item you own with another item owned by someone else (WITHOUT the use of money)
a)
Currency
b)
Barter
c)
Savings
d)
Debt
3.
What was often used as a form of currency in colonial Virginia?
a)
Corn
b)
Animal skins
c)
Tobacco
d)
Credit cards
4.
What is it called when you buy something now with the promise of paying for it later?
a)
Barter
b)
Credit
c)
Debit
d)
Banking
5.
How did MOST families live in Colonial Virginia?
a)
One room homes
b)
Houseboats
c)
Longhouses
d)
Teepees
6.
What did colonial meals consist MOSTLY of?
a)
Local produce and meat
b)
Penguin
c)
Cactus
d)
Coconuts and banannas
7.
Where did most people get their clothes in colonial Virginia?
a)
Old Navy
b)
Target
c)
Made their own
d)
The Indians
8.
What do you call money owed to somebody else?
a)
Barter
b)
Debt
c)
Money
d)
Tobacco
9.
"Contaminated water, buildings destroyed by fire, and diseases."
What does this list describe?
What does this list describe?
a)
Reasons for settling at Jamestown
b)
Reasons for moving the capital from Jamestown to Williamsburg
c)
Reasons for moving the capital form Williamsburg to Richmond
d)
Reasons the natives settled in Werewocomoco
10.
Which was the THIRD capital of colonial Virginia?
a)
Richmond
b)
Roanoke
c)
Jamestown
d)
Petersburg
11.
Which was the SECOND capital of colonial Virginia?
a)
Richmond
b)
Williamsburg
c)
New York
d)
Yorktown
12.
Which was the FIRST capital of colonial Virginia?
a)
Richmond
b)
Washington, DC
c)
London
d)
Jamestown
13.
In which regions did the English and Africans settle primarily?
a)
Coastal Plain & Piedmont
b)
Blue Ridge Mountains & Valley and Ridge
c)
Appalachian Plateau & Coastal Plain
d)
Blue Ridge Mountains & Piedmont
14.
Which place name represents Native American influence?
a)
Roanoke
b)
Richmond
c)
Jamestown
d)
Williamsburg
15.
Which place name represents English influence?
a)
Richmond
b)
Roanoke
c)
Werewocomoco
16.
Which of the following lists include examples of cultural landscapes?
a)
Homes, Schools, Places of Worship
b)
Barns, Trees, Garages
c)
Homes, Barns, Places of Worship
d)
Barns, Grocery stores, Bus stations
17.
Which groups settled mainly in the Shenandoah Valley?
a)
Scots-Irish
b)
Germans
c)
English
d)
Native Americans
18.
What was the primary industry / economic activity in colonial Virginia?
a)
Gold mining
b)
Agriculture
c)
Baked Goods
d)
Computer's
19.
Which group of people provided the primary source of labor in Virginia's tobacco fields?
a)
American Indians
b)
Scots-Irish
c)
African Slaves
d)
Denture Savers
20.
What do you call a crop grown specifically to sell for money?
a)
Profit crop
b)
Sale crop
c)
Cash crop
d)
Barter Charter
21.
What is the most profitable cash crop the Virginia Colony sold to England?
a)
corn
b)
cotton
c)
tobacco
d)
potatoes
22.
Why did the Virginia Colony need African slave labor?
a)
It was a reliable and cheap source of labor.
b)
Europeans were terrible farmers
c)
Most European countries used slaves
d)
Africans wanted to come to the New world
23.
What natural resources did the colonists use to make clothing?
a)
bark, cornhusks, tobacco leaves
b)
seal skin, seaweed, feathers
c)
cotton, wool, leather
d)
silk, buffalo hide, papyrus
24.
Where was tobacco sold as a cash crop?
a)
Virginia
b)
England
c)
Africa
d)
Werewocomoco
25.
Few people had paper ___________________________ or coins to use to buy goods and services.
a)
Money
b)
Tobacco
26.
A __________________________ system was commonly used instead of money.
a)
Barter
b)
Tobacco
27.
________________________ was used as money. It was nicknamed “green gold”.
a)
Banks
b)
Tobacco
28.
Farmers and other consumers could also buy goods and services on ___________________________ and pay their debts when their crops were harvested and sold.
a)
Tobacco
b)
Credit
29.
Colonial Virginia had no _________________________.
a)
Banks
b)
Enslaved
30.
African men, women, and children were brought into the Virginia colony and _________________________ to work on the plantations.
a)
Tobacco
b)
Enslaved
31.
Tobacco became the most ___________________________ agricultural product.
a)
Profitable
b)
Money
32.
____________________: money put away to save or to spend at a later time.
a)
Savings
b)
Credit
33.
____________________: a medium of exchange (currency: which includes coins and paper bills.
a)
Credit
b)
Money
34.
____________________: trading or exchanging of goods and services without the use of money.
a)
Barter
b)
Credit
35.
Drinking water in ____________________ was contaminated by seepage of saltwater.
a)
Werowocomoco
b)
Jamestown
36.
__________________ living conditions in Jamestown caused diseases.
a)
Unhealthy
b)
Healthy
37.
Moving to Richmond increased the distance from the sea and possible attacks from the __________________.
a)
British
b)
Spanish
38.
England became ___________________ in the early 1700’s.
a)
Great Britain
b)
France
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