2.1 The Southern Colonies Take Root

Open Ended

What are some of the reasons that the Lost Colony of Roanoke failed?

Open Ended

Why do you think early settlements were found around bodies of water?

Multiple Choice

What was one of the mosquito-borne diseases that impacted Jamestown?

• Chickenpox

• Dehydration

• Malaria

Open Ended

Describe the impact tobacco crops had on the economy of Jamestown.

Open Ended

What is the House of Burgesses?

Open Ended

Which challanges most challanged settlers and which help them succeed?

Open Ended

List the names of the 5 southern colonies

Open Ended

Which feature make up Georgias borders?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was not a factor that made Chesapeake Bay a better site than Roanoke for a settlement?

• Chesapeake Bay had more fertile land and navigable rivers.

• Chesapeake Bay was isolated and less prone to attack.

• The climate was better suited to growing English crops.

• There were fewer American Indians in Chesapeake Bay.

Multiple Choice

John Rolfe contributed to the success of Jamestown by

• preventing war between the colonists and the American Indians.

• forging an alliance with Opechancanough.

• encouraging the colonists' cultivation of tobacco.

• overthrowing the Virginia Company.

Multiple Choice

Why was Nathaniel Bacon a significant figure in the Virginia colony?

• Bacon was the first English settler in the Potomac Valley.

• Bacon commanded Virginian forces that defeated Opechancanough's army in 1644.

• Bacon became the new governor of Virginia in 1677, following Berkeley's return to England.

• Bacon was the leader of the armed rebellion against Virginia Governor William Berkeley in 1676.

Multiple Choice

Why did Lord Baltimore found Maryland as a colonial refuge for Catholics?

• Catholics were discriminated against in England by the Protestant majority.

• Catholics were not allowed in the other Southern colonies.

• Baltimore planned for Maryland to eventually join the Spanish Catholic colonies.

• The Crown deported all practicing Catholics from England.