Colonial Virginia Vocabulary
Quiz
An ___ is a group that makes laws.
- assembly
- agriculture
- arrest
- annex
The first elected lawmaking body in North America was the ___ of Burgesses.
- Group
- House
- Assembly
- Council
A representative elected to the house of Burgesses was known as a ___.
- council
- governor
- burgess
- house
Today, Virginia's lawmaking body is called the ___.
- council
- General Assembly
- House of Burgesses
- General House
A person who is owned by another person is called a ___.
- servant
- slave
- savings
- burgess
A large farm where a cash crop is grown to sell is called a ___.
- barter
- burgess
- plantation
- assembly
Many African men, women, and children were brought to the Virginia colony to work as ___.
- dancers
- slaves
- servants
- burgesses
Many Africans worked as slaves on the ___.
- ships
- docks
- plantations
- wagons
The House of Burgesses later became known as the ___.
- Council of Burgesses
- House of Governors
- General Burgesses
- General Assembly
Few people in Colonial Virginia had money so they often used a system of trading goods and services called ___.
- bartering
- buying
- boycotting
- bouncing
Colonists could buy goods on ___.
- debt
- credit
- promise
- contract
Colonists could pay their ___ when their crops were sold.
- debt
- credit
- barter
- savings
Money, goods, or services that is owed to other people is a ___.
- savings
- credit
- debt
- barter
A ___ is an agreement in which a buyer promises to pay for an item later.
- debt
- barter
- savings
- credit