Test #4: Colonial Virginia
1. Houses, barns, place names, and skills all reflect the ______________ of the people living in that area.
a. Cultures
2. What were the three reasons the capital moved from Williamsburg to Richmond?
a. Central location, the population was moving west, and more inland making it safe from British attack
3. How did people buy goods in colonial Virginia?
a. People bartered with tobacco for goods
4. Where did the English mainly settle in Virginia?
a. Tidewater and Piedmont
5. Why did Africans in Virginia mainly settle in the Tidewater and Piedmont regions?
a. To do farm work
6. What did the people of Virginia exchange instead of money?
a. Tobacco
7. The arrival of what group of people made it possible for settlers to establish families and form a more permanent settlement in Jamestown?
a. Women
8. What was Jamestown’s cash crop that was sold to England and used in the colony as a source of money?
a. Tobacco
9. What place reflects the Indian culture?
a. Roanoke
10. Germans and Scotch-Irish mainly settled along their migration route, which was where?
a. Shenandoah Valley
11. Where were the traditional homelands of the American Indians of VA?
a. All over Virginia
12. The culture of VA reflected what three groups of people?
a. American Indians, English, and Africans
13. Did colonial VA have banks?
a. No
14. Which word means the height of land above sea level?
a. Elevation
15. Which word means trading and exchanging goods and services without using money?
a. Barter
16. Which word means a medium of exchange, such as currency?
a. Money
17. Which word means buying a good or service now and paying for it later?
a. Credit
18. Which word means money put away to save or to spend at a later time?
a. Saving
19. Which word means a good or service that is owed to someone else?
a. Debt
20. Which word means a group of people’s customs, beliefs, and way of life?
a. Cultural history
1. Houses, barns, place names, and skills all reflect the ______________ of the people living in that area.
a. Cultures
2. What were the three reasons the capital moved from Williamsburg to Richmond?
a. Central location, the population was moving west, and more inland making it safe from British attack
3. How did people buy goods in colonial Virginia?
a. People bartered with tobacco for goods
4. Where did the English mainly settle in Virginia?
a. Tidewater and Piedmont
5. Why did Africans in Virginia mainly settle in the Tidewater and Piedmont regions?
a. To do farm work
6. What did the people of Virginia exchange instead of money?
a. Tobacco
7. The arrival of what group of people made it possible for settlers to establish families and form a more permanent settlement in Jamestown?
a. Women
8. What was Jamestown’s cash crop that was sold to England and used in the colony as a source of money?
a. Tobacco
9. What place reflects the Indian culture?
a. Roanoke
10. Germans and Scotch-Irish mainly settled along their migration route, which was where?
a. Shenandoah Valley
11. Where were the traditional homelands of the American Indians of VA?
a. All over Virginia
12. The culture of VA reflected what three groups of people?
a. American Indians, English, and Africans
13. Did colonial VA have banks?
a. No
14. Which word means the height of land above sea level?
a. Elevation
15. Which word means trading and exchanging goods and services without using money?
a. Barter
16. Which word means a medium of exchange, such as currency?
a. Money
17. Which word means buying a good or service now and paying for it later?
a. Credit
18. Which word means money put away to save or to spend at a later time?
a. Saving
19. Which word means a good or service that is owed to someone else?
a. Debt
20. Which word means a group of people’s customs, beliefs, and way of life?
a. Cultural history