Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Civil rights > Colonial Life Part 2 > Flashcards

Colonial Life Part 2 Flashcards

1
Q

(Capital Change)

  1. 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
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

(Capital Change)

  1. Where did the capital move after Jamestown?
A

-Williamsburg

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

(Capital Change)

  1. Where was the first capital of Virginia?
A

-Jamestown

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

(Capital Change)

  1. How was the drinking water at Jamestown contaminated?
A

-seepage of salt water

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

(Capital Change)

  1. What caused the diseases at Jamestown?
A

-Unhealthy living conditions

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

(Capital Change)

  1. What happened to the buildings at Jamestown?
A

-fire destroyed them

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

(Economics)

  1. What is the term for a medium (way) of exchange? (currency including coins and paper bills)
A

money

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

(Economics)

  1. What is the term for trading or exchanging of goods and services without the use of money?
A

barter

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

(Economics)

  1. What is the term for buying a good or service now and paying for it later?
A

credit

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

(Economics)

  1. What is the term for a good or service owed to someone?
A

debt

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

(Economics)

  1. What is the term for money put away to save or spend at a later time?
A

savings

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

(Economics)

  1. 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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

(Economics)

  1. What was used instead of money to pay for goods and services?
A

Tobacco

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

(Economics)

  1. How many banks did colonial Virginia have?
A

None

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

(Economics)

  1. What is it called if a farmer trades his corn for some flour?
A

barter

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

(Economics)

  1. What is it called if a farmer buys some milk now and pays the owner later when is crops are ready?
A

credit

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

(Economics)

  1. What is it called if a farmer owes some tobacco to another farmer?
A

debt

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

(Vocab)

  1. What is the term for products; things you can touch?
A

-goods

19
Q

(Vocab)

  1. What is the term for things people do for you?
A

-services

20
Q

(Vocab)

  1. What is the term for the style in which a building is built?
A

-architecture

21
Q

(Vocab)

  1. What is the term for things families do from year to year and pass on (traditions)?
A

-customs

22
Q

(Vocab)

  1. What is the term for a group with common characteristics and features (like their behaviors and beliefs)?
A

-culture

23
Q

(Vocab)

  1. What is the term for moving from one place to another?
A

-migration

24
Q

(Vocab)

  1. What is the term for changes you make to “fit in” to an area?
A

-adapt

25
Q

(Vocab)

  1. What is the term for the area (land) around you?
A

-landscape

26
Q

(Vocab)

  1. What is the term for something so dirty you can’t eat or drink it?
A

-contaminated

27
Q

(Vocab)

  1. What is the term for when something leaks?
A

-seepage

28
Q

(Life)

  1. What three types of resources did people living in colonial Virginia depended on to produce the goods and services they needed?
A

natural, capital, human

29
Q

(Life)

  1. Describe the food choices and meals colonial Virginians ate. (two things)
A

Food choices were limited

Meals were made of local produce and meats

30
Q

(Life)

  1. What were most homes like in colonial Virginia? (two things)
A

They had one room houses with dirt floors

31
Q

(Life)

  1. Describe how colonial Virginians got their clothing and what their clothes were made out of.
A

They made their own clothes

Clothes were made out of cotton, wool, leather

32
Q

(Life)

  1. Which group of Virginians owned their own businesses and property, but were denied most rights?
A

Many of the free African Americans

33
Q

(Life)

  1. Which group of Virginians had no rights?
A

enslaved African Americans

34
Q

(Life)

  1. Which group of Virginians worked tobacco, other crops, and livestock?
A

enslaved African Americans

35
Q

(Life)

  1. Describe how white Virginians made their living. (two things)
A

MOST were small farmers

A FEW owned large farms (plantations)

36
Q

(Culture)

  1. Whenever people settle an area, they change the culture and landscape to reflect what three things?
A

-beliefs, customs, and architecture

37
Q

(Culture)

  1. What are three examples of architecture that reflect different cultures?
A

-barns, homes, places of worship

38
Q

(Culture)

  1. What place name reflects the English culture?
A

-Richmond

39
Q

(Culture)

  1. What place name reflects the American Indian culture?
A

-Roanoke

40
Q

(Culture)

  1. Where did the English mainly settle in Virginia?
A

-in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions

41
Q

(Culture)

  1. Where did the Germans and Scots-Irish mainly settle in Virginia?
A

-in the Shenandoah Valley, which is along the migration route

42
Q

(Culture)

  1. Where did the African mainly settle in Virginia?
A

-in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions where growing tobacco required a great deal of labor

43
Q

(Culture)

  1. Where did the American Indians mainly settle in Virginia? (Tell about before and after the settlers arrived)
A
  • Before the arrival of the settlers, they lived in all areas throughout Virginia.
  • After the settlers arrived they were forced to move inland.
44
Q

(Culture)

  1. What caused people to adapt old customs to their new environment?
A

-migration and living in new areas

Civil rights (15 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions