Economic Growth of the Virginia Colony

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  1. ____________started a trading relationship with the Powhatans.

    2. Your answer:
    Captain John Smith
    The King of England
    Chief Powhatan
    Pocahontas

  2. _________ developed a friendship with the colonists that helped them survive.

    3. Your answer:
    the King of England
    Captain John Smith
    Pocahontas
    Chief Powhatan

  3. ________________was the strong leader of Jamestown.

    4. Your answer:
    the King of England
    Christopher Newport
    John Rolfe
    Captain John Smith

  4. _______believed that the colonists and the Indians could live in peace.

    5. Your answer:
    Pocahontas
    The colonists
    Chief Powhatan
    Captain John Smith

  5. What did the colonists trade with the Indians in exchange for food, fur and leather?

    6. Your answer:
    cloth, gold, salt
    tools, pots, guns
    tobacco, sugar, tools
    beads, mirrors, pans

  6. The Powhatans introduced two important crops to the colonists. They were___________.

    7. Your answer:
    squash and apples
    corn and beans
    apples and beans
    corn and tobacco

  7. What changes helped to ensure the survival of the jamestown colony?

    8. Your answer:
    laws, money, ships
    supply ships, John Smith, forced work
    money, gold, tobacco
    supplies, horses, pigs

  8. How did the Powhatan Indians view the colonists?

    9. Your answer:
    farmers
    friends
    survivors
    invaders

  9. What did the Powhatan Indians trade the colonists in exchange for tools and guns?

    10. Your answer:
    food, fur, leather
    feathers, gold, fur
    tobacco, gold, cloth
    tobacco, beads, herbs

  10. There was____supply ship to arrive at Jamestown and helped the colonists to survive.

    11. Your answer:
    two
    three
    four
    one

  11. What did the Powhatan Indians finally realize about the settlement of Jamestown?

    12. Your answer:
    that it would shrink
    that it would continue to migrate
    that it would grow
    that it would disappear

  12. The Germans and the Scotch-Irish settled primarily along the migration route in the _______________area of Virginia.

    13. Your answer:
    Tidewater
    Blue Ridge Mountains
    Appalachian Plateau
    Shenandoah Valley

  13. In which regions could you find the American Indians or the First Americans?

    14. Your answer:
    Tidewater
    Piedmont
    Applachian Plateau
    all the above

  14. Where did the English colonists settle?

    15. Your answer:
    Shenandoah Valley and Tidewater
    Blue Ridge Mountains and Piedmont
    Tidewater and Piedmont
    all the above

  15. The Africans settled in the _________________ regions that required a great deal of slave labor for their crops.

    16. Your answer:
    Blue Ridge Mountains and Tidewater
    Tidewater and Piedmont
    Valley and Ridge and Piedmont
    all the above

  16. A _______________is grown to sell for profit rather than for use by the farmers.

    17. Your answer:
    cash crop
    crop duster
    golden plant
    cash plants

  17. What helped to ensure the survival of the colony at Jamestown?

    18. Your answer:
    free-standing barns
    gold mines
    the Indians
    self-sustaining agriculture

  18. What was the primary source of wealth in Virginia's economy?

    19. Your answer:
    foreign trade
    money
    agriculture
    banks

  19. ___________was the most profitable agricultural crop.

    20. Your answer:
    Tobacco
    Apples
    Lumber
    Corn

  20. Life in the Virginia colony was changed by tobacco as a cash crop because ___________was encouraged.

    21. Your answer:
    small farms
    banking
    plantations
    slavery

  21. An inexpensive source of ___________yielded a successful planting of tobacco.

    22. Your answer:
    labor
    land
    water
    seeds

  22. The colony in Virginia became dependent upon ___________.

    23. Your answer:
    supply ships
    Indians
    slave labor
    foreign trade

  23. What did Virginia sell to England as a cash crop?

    24. Your answer:
    tobacco
    apples
    gold
    coal

  24. What group of people were brought to the colony against their will and worked as slaves?

    25. Your answer:
    Germans
    Africans
    debtors from England
    French

  25. What is an example of a cultural landscape?

    26. Your answer:
    barns
    homes
    churches
    all of the above

  26. Settlers will change the landscape of an area to reflect the beliefs, customs and architecture of their culture.

    27. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  27. What origins are reflected in the culture of Virginia?

    28. Your answer:
    American Indians
    Europeans
    Africans
    all of the above

  28. The place name of Richmond reflects the English culture.

    29. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  29. The place name of Roanoke reflects the culture of the American Indians.

    30. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  30. The people adapted old customs to their new environment because of __________.

    31. Your answer:
    irrigation
    migration
    cultivation
    litigation

  31. ____________often influences the location of a capital.

    32. Your answer:
    geographical factors
    scientific factors
    economic factors
    material factors

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