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Multiple Choice

Which was not a main reason for England to establish a colony in the New World?

• Conquer land

• Find gold and silver

• Find spices

• Find natural resources

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How did the Virginia Company of London raise money for their economic venture in Jamestown?

• Raffled off tickets

• Sold Stocks

• Got money from the king

• Got a loan from the bank

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What 3 things did the charters do?

• Granted money for the settlement

• Granted the right to settle in Virginia

• Defined the boundaries of the colony

• Defined how the Jamestown government would run

• Extended English rights to the settlers

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Which was not a reason for deciding on the location for the colony?

• Water was deep enough for ships

• Good roads to help transport supplies

• They thought they could drink the water

• Easily defendable from Spanish attach

Multiple Choice

Which describes Jamestown location today?

• Peninsula

• Island

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What caused the location to change from a peninsula to an island?

• Weathering

• Earthquake

• Hurricane

• Erosion

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What were the 4 main hardships faced by the settlers?

• Droughts

• Marshy unfarmable land

• Indian Attacks

• Unskilled lazy gentleman

• contaminated drinking water

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John's Smith's forced work program stated, " You don't work, you don't _____________"

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What three things might a settler have to trade?

• Gold jewelry

• Tools

• Pots

• Money

• Copper jewelry

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What items might a Native person have to trade?

• Pots

• Food

• Leather

• Gold

• Fur

Multiple Choice

The Portuguese brought slaves from ______.

• Mali

• England

• Senegal

• Angola

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The slave trade routes were called the, "_________ of Trade."

Multiple Choice

In what year did the first Africans arrive?

• 1607

• 1619

• 1620

• 1640

Multiple Choice

Slaves filled the need for _____.

• free labor

• business managers

• indentured servants

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In what year did a large number of woman arrive to help start families in the colony?

• 1640

• 1619

• 1607

• 1620

Multiple Choice

Free African American men could vote in Virginia in 1619?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

In what year did legislative body of Virginia, the General Assembly, first meet?

• 1607

• 1619

• 1620

• 1640

Multiple Choice

How did the General Assembly change in the 1640s?

• The House of Councils formed

• The House of the Governor formed

• The House of Burgesses formed

• The House of Commons formed

Multiple Choice

Whose headquarters was Werowocomoco?

• Pocahontas

• John Smith

• John Rolfe

• Powhatan

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Which group or groups would have migrated to and lived in the colored area on the map?

• Africans

• Germans

• Italians

• English

• Scots-Irish

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Which group or groups would have migrated to and lived in the colored area on the map?

• Africans

• Germans

• Italians

• English

• Scots-Irish

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Which groups moved mainly through forced migration?

• Native Americans

• Germans

• English

• Africans

• Scot-Irish

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Which were reasons the capital moved to Williamsburg.

• Jamestown had great drinking water and plenty of good farmland.

• Jamestown had contaminated drinking and unhealthy living conditions.

• Williamsburg was a well established town.

• A fire destroyed much of Jamestown.

• Williamsburg was in a spot that could easily be defended from Spanish attack.

Multiple Select

In what structures could culture be seen?

• churches

• schools

• barns

• stores

• homes

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Colonial Virginia's economy was based on ....

• shipping

• fishing

• agriculture

• manufacturing

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The success of tobacco relied on the forced work of ...

• indentured servants

• migrant workers

• Freed Africans

• enslaved people

Multiple Choice

Putting money away for a later date is ...

• credit

• saving

• debt

• barter

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What is it called when you owe money, a good or a service to another person.

• credit

• saving

• debt

• barter

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What does the picture represent?

• credit

• saving

• debt

• barter

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What is called when you receive a good or service today and pay for it later?

• credit

• saving

• debt

• barter