Colonial Life Part 2 Flashcards
(44 cards)
1
Q
(Capital Change)
- Name the three reasons the capital moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg.
A
1. drinking water was contaminated by
seepage of salt water
2.unhealthy living conditions caused
diseases
3. fire destroyed wooden and brick
buildings at Jamestown
2
Q
(Capital Change)
- Where did the capital move after Jamestown?
A
-Williamsburg
3
Q
(Capital Change)
- Where was the first capital of Virginia?
A
-Jamestown
4
Q
(Capital Change)
- How was the drinking water at Jamestown contaminated?
A
-seepage of salt water
5
Q
(Capital Change)
- What caused the diseases at Jamestown?
A
-Unhealthy living conditions
6
Q
(Capital Change)
- What happened to the buildings at Jamestown?
A
-fire destroyed them
7
Q
(Economics)
- What is the term for a medium (way) of exchange? (currency including coins and paper bills)
A
money
8
Q
(Economics)
- What is the term for trading or exchanging of goods and services without the use of money?
A
barter
9
Q
(Economics)
- What is the term for buying a good or service now and paying for it later?
A
credit
10
Q
(Economics)
- What is the term for a good or service owed to someone?
A
debt
11
Q
(Economics)
- What is the term for money put away to save or spend at a later time?
A
savings
12
Q
(Economics)
- What system was commonly used instead of money because few people had paper money or coins to use to buy goods and services?
A
Barter
13
Q
(Economics)
- What was used instead of money to pay for goods and services?
A
Tobacco
14
Q
(Economics)
- How many banks did colonial Virginia have?
A
None
15
Q
(Economics)
- What is it called if a farmer trades his corn for some flour?
A
barter
16
Q
(Economics)
- What is it called if a farmer buys some milk now and pays the owner later when is crops are ready?
A
credit
17
Q
(Economics)
- What is it called if a farmer owes some tobacco to another farmer?
A
debt
18
Q
(Vocab)
- What is the term for products; things you can touch?
A
-goods
19
Q
(Vocab)
- What is the term for things people do for you?
A
-services
20
Q
(Vocab)
- What is the term for the style in which a building is built?
A
-architecture
21
Q
(Vocab)
- What is the term for things families do from year to year and pass on (traditions)?
A
-customs
22
Q
(Vocab)
- What is the term for a group with common characteristics and features (like their behaviors and beliefs)?
A
-culture
23
Q
(Vocab)
- What is the term for moving from one place to another?
A
-migration
24
Q
(Vocab)
- What is the term for changes you make to “fit in” to an area?
A
-adapt
25
(Vocab)
8. What is the term for the area (land) around you?
-landscape
26
(Vocab)
9. What is the term for something so dirty you can’t eat or drink it?
-contaminated
27
(Vocab)
10. What is the term for when something leaks?
-seepage
28
(Life)
11. What three types of resources did people living in colonial Virginia depended on to produce the goods and services they needed?
natural, capital, human
29
(Life)
12. Describe the food choices and meals colonial Virginians ate. (two things)
Food choices were limited
| Meals were made of local produce and meats
30
(Life)
13. What were most homes like in colonial Virginia? (two things)
They had one room houses with dirt floors
31
(Life)
14. Describe how colonial Virginians got their clothing and what their clothes were made out of.
They made their own clothes
| Clothes were made out of cotton, wool, leather
32
(Life)
15. Which group of Virginians owned their own businesses and property, but were denied most rights?
Many of the free African Americans
33
(Life)
16. Which group of Virginians had no rights?
enslaved African Americans
34
(Life)
17. Which group of Virginians worked tobacco, other crops, and livestock?
enslaved African Americans
35
(Life)
18. Describe how white Virginians made their living. (two things)
MOST were small farmers
| A FEW owned large farms (plantations)
36
(Culture)
30. Whenever people settle an area, they change the culture and landscape to reflect what three things?
-beliefs, customs, and architecture
37
(Culture)
31. What are three examples of architecture that reflect different cultures?
-barns, homes, places of worship
38
(Culture)
32. What place name reflects the English culture?
-Richmond
39
(Culture)
33. What place name reflects the American Indian culture?
-Roanoke
40
(Culture)
34. Where did the English mainly settle in Virginia?
-in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions
41
(Culture)
35. Where did the Germans and Scots-Irish mainly settle in Virginia?
-in the Shenandoah Valley, which is along the migration route
42
(Culture)
36. Where did the African mainly settle in Virginia?
-in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions where growing tobacco required a great deal of labor
43
(Culture)
37. Where did the American Indians mainly settle in Virginia? (Tell about before and after the settlers arrived)
- Before the arrival of the settlers, they lived in all areas throughout Virginia.
- After the settlers arrived they were forced to move inland.
44
(Culture)
38. What caused people to adapt old customs to their new environment?
-migration and living in new areas
