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Colonial Virginia Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the most profitable agricultural crop in colonial Virginia?

a)

wheat

b)

corn

c)

tobacco

d)

lettuce

2.

What group of people were brought to the Virginia colony and enslaved to work in the tobacco farms and plantations?

a)

White men and women

b)

African men, women and children

c)

Hispanic men, women and children

d)

Native Americans

3.

What are types of architecture that reflect different cultures in colonial Virginia?

a)

Barns and rivers

b)

Stores, homes and rivers

c)

Barns, stores and churches

d)

Barns, homes, and churches

4.

Sarah wanted to buy a quilt from Rebecca, but she didn't have any money. She offered to pay Sarah 3 chickens the next day if she could have the quilt now. What is this an example of?

a)

credit

b)

debt

c)

savings

d)

barter

5.

What is a good or service owed to someone?

a)

credit

b)

debt

c)

savings

d)

barter

6.

Bob traded Sam his apple for Sam's orange. This is an example of?

a)

credit

b)

debt

c)

savings

d)

barter

7.

What was most food like in colonial Virginia?

a)

only seafood

b)

local produce and meats

c)

pasta and meat

d)

only chicken, fish and berries

8.

What is a cash crop?

a)

A crop grown primarily to make money.

b)

A crop that is grown mainly for use by the grower.

c)

A specific crop that growers are paid to grow.

d)

A specific crop that growers plant to use as medicine.

9.

After the arrival of the settlers, most ________ were forced to move inland.

a)

Africans

b)

Scotch-Irish

c)

English

d)

American Indians

10.

Richmond is a city in Virginia. What culture does the name reflect?

a)

English

b)

German

c)

African

d)

American Indian

11.

Rappahannock is a river in Virginia. What culture does the name reflect?

a)

English

b)

German

c)

African

d)

American Indian

12.

In what areas of the Virginia colony did the Africans and English settle?

a)

Blue Ridge and Coastal Plain (Tidewater) regions

b)

Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and Piedmont regions

c)

Appalachian Plateau and Coastal Plain (Tidewater) regions

d)

Piedmont and Appalachian Plateau regions

13.

Which groups of people settled primarily in the Shenandoah Valley?

a)

Germans and Scots-Irish

b)

Africans and English

14.

The capital was moved from Jamestown to ______________ because the drinking water was bad, unhealthy living conditions caused disease and fire destroyed wooden and brick buildings.

a)

Williamsburg

b)

Richmond

c)

Fredericksburg

d)

Dumfries

15.

________ is a medium of exchange. It includes bills and coins.

a)

credit

b)

barter

c)

money

d)

savings

16.

What crop did farmers often use to pay for goods and services?

a)

corn

b)

wheat

c)

potatoes

d)

tobacco

17.

How many banks were in colonial Virginia?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

0

d)

10

18.

What type of house was most common in colonial Virginia?

a)

small, one room houses with dirt floors

b)

townhouses

c)

houses with many rooms and carpeting

d)

large plantation homes with many rooms

19.

Which group of people in colonial Virginia had no rights and worked mainly to harvest tobacco( and other crops) and take care of livestock?

a)

African Americans

b)

enslaved African Americans

c)

American Indians

d)

Germans

20.

Most clothing was made out of _____________.

a)

polyester

b)

bark and leaves

c)

cotton, wool, and leather

d)

fish skin and bark