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WorksheetsColonial Virginia
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
A debt is when you owe someone else for a good or service
True
False
When you buy goods and services on credit you pay later
True
False
Savings is when you spend money now
True
False
The name of the bank in colonial Virginia
Bank of America
Bank of Virginia
US Bank
There were no banks
A crop sold for money is called what?
Money crop
Cash crop
Coin crop
Crop
What was colonial Virginia's most profitable agricultural product?
Cows
Tobacco
Eggs
Boats
A cash crop is a crop grown to sell rather than use by its growers
True
False
What agricultural product did Colonial farmers sometimes use for money?
Cows
Chickens
Tobacco
Grass
Who names Roanoke?
Africans
American Indians
King James
Name 3 examples of architecture that reflect different cultures
barns, homes and places of worship
schools and city hall
police stations, city hall and schools
Clothing was made of what materials?
animal skin and fur
cotton, wool and leather
plastic and cardboard
linen and silk
Producing more tobacco required lots of labor. Who were the laborers?
British
African slaves
Mexican slaves
Australians
Who named Richmond?
English
American Indians
African slaves
The order of Virginia's capital, starting with first location to present day
Jamestown, Richmond, Williamsburg
Richmond, Williamsburg, Jamestown
Jamestown, Williamsburg, Richmond
Williamsburg, Richmond, Jamestown
Reasons why Virginia's capital moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg
drinking water was contaminated
unhealthy living conditions caused diseases
fire destroyed buildings
all of the above
Why did the capital of Virginia move from Williamsburg to Richmond?
population was moving west
Richmond was a more central location
increased distance from British attack by sea
all of the above
Define a natural resource?
something found in nature and used by people
something made by people and used by people
Define capital resources
something found in nature and used by people
man made goods used to create others goods or perform services
something found in nature and used to create other goods or perform services
Define human resources
something made by people
man made goods
people and their skills used to create a good or provide a service
a good used by people
Name examples of natural resources
water bottle, canoe, house
trees, rocks and animals
sun, toilet, bed
tractor, horse, hay
Examples of human resources are:
farmers, slaves, indentures servants
house, wagon, tractor
corn, apples, eggs
farmer, hay, tractor
Examples of capital resources are:
barn, house, bathroom
hammers, axes, machinery
sun, soil, grass
slaves, farmers, soil
