VA Studies SOL Review 3

Her Christian name was Rebecca. She helped the colonists survive by acting as a contact between them and the native peoples. What was her American name?

• Powhatan

• Pocahantas

• Potomac

• Burgess

What does the word PIEDMONT mean?

• a pie-shaped mountain

• land at the foot of the mountain

• land over the mountain

• land with stones

Jamestown's economy centered on tobacco. In order to be successful, tobacco planters needed----

• more ships to send the tobacco to England

• cigarette factories

• a source of labor that would be steady, but not very expensive

• tractors

What is the area in SW Virginia that is elevated, flat on top, and is just a small part of a much larger area that includes other states?

• Tidewater

• Piedmont

• Eastern Shore

• Appalachian Plateau

How did the Virginia colony solve its need for workers on the tobacco plantations?

• Tractors were invented.

• The wife and children of the planter worked in the fields.

• Large numbers of Africans were brought to Virginia against their will.

• Everyone worked, or they didn't eat.

Based on the fact that men, women, and children were brought to the colony against their will, which of the following is the BEST statement?

• Slave traders kept families together.

• Even children were forced to work on plantations.

• There was no need for chains on women and children.

• Women and children wold make the colony permanent.

What large body of water is along the eastern border of Virginia?

• James River

• Potomac River

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

When you buy now and pay later, it is called---

• money

• debt

• credit

• savings

This is a medium of exchange--currency, coins, paper bills-- is called

• money

• debt

• credit

• savings

Money, a good, or a service owed by someone is known as--

• money

• debt

• credit

• savings