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Virginia Colony's Economy. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

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

Which word comes from English culture?
a) Chesapeake
b) Roanoke
c) Werowocomoco
d) Richmond

Africans settled in the Tidewater and Piedmont because _________.
a) to start they own large plantation and became wealthy
b) They wanted to go on an adventure
c) The English needed a cheap source of labor
d) they wanted to come to Virginia to grow tobacco

Which word comes from Native American culture
a) Roanoke
b) Richmond
c) Yorktown
d) Jamestown

Which has Virginia's capital in order from first to last?
a) Williamsburg, Jamestown, Richmond
b) Jamestown, Richmond, Williamsburg
c) Jamestown, Williamsburg, Richmond
d) Richmond, Jamestown, Williamsburg

Which is a reason the capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg?
a) Williamsburg was a more central location
b) Many settlers died from the spreading of diseases
c) Williamsburg was easy to defend from the British
d) Jamestown was taken over by Native Americans

Which is a reason the capital was moved to Richmond?
a) Virginia's population was moving west
b) Virginia's population was moving east
c) There was disease and starvation
d) Brackish water made people sick

Which of Virginia's capitals is located on the fall line?
a) Richmond
b) Yorktown
c) Jamestown
d) Williamsburg

What is a reason the capital was moved from Williamsburg to Richmond?
a) Fire destroy many government buildings
b) A better place to defend from Spanish attack
c) Native Americans burned Williamsburg
d) Easier to defend from British attack

Which is an example of a capital resource
a) tobacco
b) wagon
c) soil
d) farmer

Which is an example of a natural resource?
a) livestock
b) hammer
c) pen
d) enslaved African

Which is a reasons for moving the capital to Jamestown?
a) fire destroyed many government buildings
b) there was better farmland
c) it was a more central location
d) more people were moving west

What was an effect of the arrival of enslaved Africans?
a) Africans attacked the Native Americans
b) Africans were used as indentured servant
c) Africans were used as a steady source of cheap labor
d) Africans started to build more plantations

Which statement is true about the economy of colonial Virginia?
a) People could not use capital resources
b) No one used tobacco to barter
c) there were no banks
d) people used money often

Ken gave Tom some tobacco for a chicken. This is an example of________.
a) barter
b) saving
c) debt
d) credit

The colony of Virginia economy was based on ___________.
a) shipbuilding
b) agriculture
c) coal mining
d) gold mining

What was the major cash crop in the Virginia economy?
a) squash
b) corn
c) tobacco
d) celery

Which group of people helped to increase the tobacco economy of the Virginia colony?
a) German
b) Scots-Irish
c) Women
d) Africans

Which is an example of a cash crops?
a) Bob grows crops to feed his family
b) Bob goes to the store and uses money to buy groceries
c) Bob grow scrops to use at home
d) Bob exchanges tobacco for Pat fixing the fence

Farmer Tim uses the supplies he received from the shopkeeper and paid the shopkeeper with this harvest. This is an example of ______?
a) credit
b) debt
c) saving
d) gold mining

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