What was virginia's "gold" that ensured its survival and prosperity? cotton fur tobacco sugar?

The answer is tobacco.

Explanation:

Virginia's "gold" was tobacco. The cultivation and production of tobacco had a great impact on Virginia's economy and society despite the fact that other other staple crops were also being cultivated, such as peanuts and cotton. Tobacco was Virginia's most valuable crop because of the rising popularity and use of cigarettes.

The correct option is Tobacco

Tobacco was colonial Virginia's most successful cash crop. It formed the basis of Virginia's economy given the various ways it was used such as to purchase the indentured servants and slaves to cultivate it, to pay local levies and to buy manufactured goods from England