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Test Description: Virginia colony's economy
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The colony of Virginia economy was based on ___________.
A
coal mining
B
agriculture
C
shipbuilding
D
gold mining
2) What was the major cash crop in the Virginia economy?
A
squash
B
celery
C
corn
D
tobacco
3) Which group of people helped to increase the tobacco economy of the Virginia colony?
A
German
B
Women
C
Scots-Irish
D
Africans
4) Which is an example of a cash crops?
A
Bob grows crops to feed his family
B
Bob exchanges tobacco for Pat fixing the fence
C
Bob grow scrops to use at home
D
Bob goes to the store and uses money to buy groceries
5) Farmer Tim uses the supplies he received from the shopkeeper and paid the shopkeeper with this harvest. This is an example of ______?
A
debt
B
saving
C
gold mining
D
credit
6) Ken gave Tom some tobacco for a chicken. This is an example of________.
A
saving
B
debt
C
barter
D
credit
7) Which statement is true about the economy of colonial Virginia?
A
No one used tobacco to barter
B
there were no banks
C
People could not use capital resources
D
people used money often
8) What was an effect of the arrival of enslaved Africans?
A
Africans were used as a steady source of cheap labor
B
Africans started to build more plantations
C
Africans were used as indentured servant
D
Africans attacked the Native Americans
9) Which is an example of a capital resource
A
soil
B
farmer
C
wagon
D
tobacco
10) Which is an example of a natural resource?
A
pen
B
enslaved African
C
hammer
D
livestock
11) Which is a reasons for moving the capital to Jamestown?
A
there was better farmland
B
more people were moving west
C
it was a more central location
D
fire destroyed many government buildings
12) What is a reason the capital was moved from Williamsburg to Richmond?
A
Easier to defend from British attack
B
A better place to defend from Spanish attack
C
Native Americans burned Williamsburg
D
Fire destroy many government buildings
13) Which of Virginia's capitals is located on the fall line?
A
Yorktown
B
Williamsburg
C
Jamestown
D
Richmond
14) Which is a reason the capital was moved to Richmond?
A
There was disease and starvation
B
Brackish water made people sick
C
Virginia's population was moving west
D
Virginia's population was moving east
15) Which is a reason the capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg?
A
Jamestown was taken over by Native Americans
B
Williamsburg was easy to defend from the British
C
Many settlers died from the spreading of diseases
D
Williamsburg was a more central location
16) Which has Virginia's capital in order from first to last?
A
Jamestown, Richmond, Williamsburg
B
Williamsburg, Jamestown, Richmond
C
Richmond, Jamestown, Williamsburg
D
Jamestown, Williamsburg, Richmond
17) Which word comes from Native American culture
A
Roanoke
B
Yorktown
C
Jamestown
D
Richmond
18) Which word comes from English culture?
A
Roanoke
B
Richmond
C
Chesapeake
D
Werowocomoco
19) Africans settled in the Tidewater and Piedmont because _________.
A
The English needed a cheap source of labor
B
They wanted to go on an adventure
C
they wanted to come to Virginia to grow tobacco
D
to start they own large plantation and became wealthy
20) Why did the German and Scots-Irish settle in the Shenandoah Valley?
A
They were following their migration route
B
They were brought here against their will to grow tobacco
C
They were looking for a quick route to the Indies (near China)
D
They never settled in the Shenandoah Valley
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