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WorksheetsVS 4: Colonial Virginia
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What do you call a crop grown specifically to sell for money?
a)
Profit crop
b)
Sale crop
c)
Cash crop
d)
Barter Charter
2.
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
3.
What was the primary industry / economic activity in colonial Virginia?
a)
Gold mining
b)
Agriculture
c)
Baked Goods
d)
Computer's
4.
Who settled mainly in the Shenandoah Valley?
a)
Scots-Irish
b)
Germans
c)
English
d)
Native Americans
5.
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
6.
Which place name represents English influence?
a)
Richmond
b)
Roanoke
c)
Werewocomoco
7.
Which place name represents Native American influence?
a)
Roanoke
b)
Richmond
c)
Jamestown
d)
Williamsburg
8.
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
9.
Which was the FIRST capital of colonial Virginia?
a)
Richmond
b)
Washington, DC
c)
London
d)
Jamestown
10.
Which was the SECOND capital of colonial Virginia?
a)
Richmond
b)
Williamsburg
c)
New York
d)
Yorktown
11.
Which was the THIRD capital of colonial Virginia?
a)
Richmond
b)
Roanoke
c)
Jamestown
d)
Petersburg
12.
"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
13.
What do you call money owed to somebody else?
a)
Barter
b)
Debt
c)
Money
d)
Tobacco
14.
Where did most people get their clothes in colonial Virginia?
a)
Old Navy
b)
Target
c)
Made their own
d)
The Indians
15.
What did colonial meals consist MOSTLY of?
a)
Local produce and meat
b)
Penguin
c)
Cactus
d)
Coconuts and banannas
16.
How did MOST families live in Colonial Virginia?
a)
One room homes
b)
Houseboats
c)
Longhouses
d)
Teepees
17.
What was often used as a form of currency in colonial Virginia?
a)
Corn
b)
Animal skins
c)
Tobacco
d)
Credit cards
18.
As Virginia's population grew, in which direction did they move?
a)
West
b)
North
c)
South
d)
East
19.
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
20.
Both free and enslaved African Americans were denied ________________.
a)
personal rights
b)
the ability to marry
c)
housing
d)
buying goods on credit
21.
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
22.
What type of workers were most free Virginians?
a)
small farmers
b)
businessmen
c)
large plantation owners
d)
soldier
23.
Where was tobacco sold as a cash crop?
a)
Virginia
b)
England
c)
Africa
d)
Werewocomoco
24.
Where did American Indians live prior to the arrival of the European settlers?
a)
Throughout Virginia
b)
Inland
c)
Coastal Plain/Tidewater
d)
Valley and Ridge
25.
What was the food like in Colonial Virginia?
a)
Food choices were varied
b)
Food came from England
c)
Food came from the American Indians
d)
Food choices were limited
26.
Choose ALL of the reasons why the capital moved from Williamsburg to Richmond:
a)
Population moving westward
b)
Better distance from sea attack
c)
Spread of diseases
d)
More central location
27.
What did colonists primarily rely on in order to survive?
a)
Natural Resources
b)
The King of England
c)
The Governor of Virginia
d)
Capital Resources
28.
In which region(s) were Africans forced to settle because their labor was needed in tobacco agriculture?
a)
Blue Ridge Mountains
b)
Coastal Plain
c)
Eastern Shore
d)
Piedmont
29.
After the settlers arrived, American Indians were forced inland.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
What is the best example of cultural landscape?
a)
Tree
b)
Cow
c)
Barn
d)
Tractor
31.
What was one reason the Virginia capital was moved from Williamsburg to Richmond?
a)
Richmond had cleaner drinking water
b)
Richmond was a more central location
c)
Richmond had a smaller population
d)
Richmond was close to the Chesapeake Bay
32.
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
33.
What influenced the growth of slavery?
a)
easy travel by ship
b)
agriculture
c)
the search for gold
d)
hunting
34.
Tobacco was used as money.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
Some free Africans owned land but were denied basic rights.
a)
True
b)
False
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