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VS.4 Virginia Colony

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 16hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of a crop that is grown to sell?

a)

money crop

b)

free crop

c)

cash crop

d)

sell crop

2.

The _____________ of the Virginia colony depended on agriculture as the primary source of wealth.

a)

economy

b)

lives

c)

slavery

d)

freedom

3.

_________________ was the most profitable agricultural product in Jamestown.

a)

corn

b)

Tobacco

c)

silver

d)

squash

4.

____________ men, women, and children were brought to Virginia and enslaved to work on the plantations.

a)

American Indians

b)

Germans

c)

Scots-Irish

d)

Africans

5.
What culture is reflected in the place name Roanoke?
a)
Germans and Scots-Irish
b)
African
c)
English
d)
Native American
6.
What is a good or service owed to another person?
a)
debt
b)
credit
c)
money
d)
savings
7.
Which of the following was NOT a reason the capital of VA moved from Williamsburg to Richmond?
a)
centrally located
b)
fires destroyed homes
c)
further inland from attack by English
d)
better location for trade
8.
What form of exchange was NOT commonly used in the VA colony?
a)
barter
b)
credit
c)
money
d)
savings
9.
What culture is reflected in the places names of Richmond, Jamestown, Williamsburg?
a)
Native Americans
b)
English
c)
Germans and Scots-Irish
d)
Africans
10.
Which origin was NOT reflected in the culture of the VA colony?
a)
African
b)
European
c)
Asian
d)
Native American
11.
Which of the following was NOT a reason the capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg?
a)
dirty living conditions
b)
seepage of salt water
c)
fires destroyed homes
d)
better location for trade
12.
Which group settled primarily in the Shenandoah Valley?
a)
Africans
b)
Native Americans
c)
English
d)
Germans and Scots-Irish
13.
The Tidewater and Piedmont regions is primarily were these two groups of people settled. 
a)
Scotish and Irish
b)
English and African American
c)
African American and Native Americans
d)
Germans and Irish 
14.
What important event happened in 1620 at the Jamestown colony? 
a)
Jamestown was established
b)
Africans were brought over for slave labor
c)
Women were brought over to make a permanent colony
d)
Scots-Irish began their migration
15.
Jada's family is driving over rolling hills. Which region are they in?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
Piedmont
c)
Blue Ridge Mountains
d)
Appalachian Plateau
16.

This magazine would provide information about which Virginia industry

a)

Recreation

b)

Tourism

c)

Agriculture

d)

Technology

17.
A citizen representative in the Virginia colonial government is called a __________. 
a)
governor
b)
council member
c)
burgess
d)
king 
18.

To barter is to what

a)

To pay off a debt with a contract

b)

To pay for a shirt with money

c)

To trade a $20.00 bill for 20 ones

d)

To trade goods and services without using money

19.

credit is

a)

Promise to pay for something later

b)

To swap a fish for some ham

c)

To pay cash

d)

To work off a debt over a period of time

20.

Savings is

a)

A promise to pay for something later

b)

Paying with a credit card

c)

Money put away to spend later

d)

Paying for college up front

21.
What is a medium of exchange?
a)
money
b)
credit
c)
savings
d)
debt
22.

When you barter, you use currency

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Jamestown had a bank

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Jamestown colonists often had to barter to get what they needed

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Indentured servants never gained their freedom

a)

True

b)

False

26.

In Jamestown, tobacco was used as money

a)

True

b)

False

27.

I want to pay for a pig with a bushel of tobacco. This is an example of

a)

bartering

b)

Credit

c)

Savings

d)

Debt

28.

I promise to pay for a horse later when my tobacco is harvested and sold. This is an example of

a)

Barter

b)

Credit

c)

Savings

d)

Cash

29.

I put money away in an account to pay for college in 10 years. This is an example of

a)

Barter

b)

Credit

c)

Cash

d)

Savings

30.

I owe the carpenter next door money for painting my house 6 months ago

a)

Debt

b)

Savings

c)

Barter

d)

Credit

31.

It was easy for colonists to provide food, clothing and housing for themselves

a)

True

b)

False

32.
What do you call a crop grown specifically to sell for money?
a)
Profit crop
b)
Sale crop
c)
Cash crop
d)
Barter Charter
33.
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
34.
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
35.
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
36.
Which was the FIRST capital of colonial Virginia?
a)
Richmond
b)
Washington, DC
c)
London
d)
Jamestown
37.
Which was the FIRST capital of colonial Virginia?
a)
Richmond
b)
Washington, DC
c)
London
d)
Jamestown
38.
Which was the SECOND capital of colonial Virginia?
a)
Richmond
b)
Williamsburg
c)
New York
d)
Yorktown
39.
Which was the THIRD capital of colonial Virginia?
a)
Richmond
b)
Roanoke
c)
Jamestown
d)
Petersburg
40.
Where did most people get their clothes in colonial Virginia?
a)
Old Navy
b)
Target
c)
Made their own
d)
The Indians
41.
What did colonial meals consist MOSTLY of?
a)
Local produce and meat
b)
Penguin
c)
Cactus
d)
Coconuts and banannas
42.
How did MOST families live in Colonial Virginia?
a)
One room homes
b)
Houseboats
c)
Longhouses
d)
Teepees
43.
As Virginia's population grew, in which direction did they move?
a)
West
b)
North
c)
South
d)
East
44.
Where was the tobacco sold in the colony?
a)
Spain
b)
Colony
c)
France
d)
England
45.
What did the Virginia colony’s economy depend on for a long time?
a)
inexpensive labor
b)
child labor
c)
free labor
d)
expensive labor
46.
Which is NOT a capital resource?
a)
Tools
b)
People
c)
Factories
d)
Machines
47.
Which is NOT a natural resource?
a)
Trees
b)
Water
c)
Land/Minerals
d)
Plastics
48.
Food sources were limited for colonists.
a)
True
b)
False
49.
Both free and enslaved African Americans were denied ________________.
a)
personal rights
b)
the ability to marry
c)
housing
d)
buying goods on credit
50.
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
51.
What type of workers were most free Virginians?
a)
small farmers
b)
businessmen
c)
large plantation owners
d)
soldier
52.
Some farmers lived in _______________.
a)
Teepees
b)
large houses (plantations)
c)
Long Houses
d)
Boats
53.
Who worked on tobacco, other crops and livestock?
a)
Enslaved African Americans
b)
Free African Americans
c)
White Virginians
d)
Women
54.
Many __________ African Americans owned their own businesses and property
a)
male
b)
enslaved
c)
female
d)
free
55.
In what year was Jamestown founded?
a)
1610
b)
1607
c)
1619
d)
1620
56.
In what year did the Africans arrive in Jamestown?
a)
1607
b)
1619
c)
1620
d)
1604
57.
What was the first elected legislative body of government in English America?
a)
Governor's Council
b)
House of Burgesses
c)
General Assembly
d)
Governor
58.
Who made up the General Assembly?
a)

Governor

rich men

4 representatives

b)
2 representatives Governor's Council Governor
c)

President

Governor 

2 Representatives

59.
Who could become a Burgess?
a)
anyone over the age of 21
b)
any male
c)
white male landowners
60.
What is the House of Burgesses known as today?
a)
Virginia General Assembly
b)
House of Senate
c)
House of representatives
61.
Who captured the first slaves that were brought to Jamestown?
a)
English sailors
b)
Angolian sailors
c)
Portuguese sailors
62.
Where did the first slaves come from?
a)
present day Angola
b)
Europe
c)
Ethiopia
63.
What did the arrival of the Africans make it possible to do in Jamestown?
a)
it was expensive labor
b)
it made for a smaller community
c)
it helped expand the tobacco economy
64.
What is another work for agriculture?
a)
skills
b)
plants
c)
farming
65.
What did the Virginia colony depend on for wealth?
a)
agriculture
b)
glass
c)
lumber
66.

What was the main transportation system used in colonial Virginia?

a)

Trains

b)

Canals

c)

Rivers

d)

Roads

67.

Most Virginians who moved West traveled

a)

across the Great Plains

b)

Through the Rocky Mountains

c)

Beside the Great Lakes

d)

Across the Appalachian Mountains

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