A Changing Continent - (LESSON 1: The Jamestown Colony)

Multiple Choice

After the 2 failed attempts at Roanoke Island, who granted a charter to colonize the Jamestown colony?

• King George III

• Queen Elizabeth I

• King Charles II

• King James I

Multiple Choice

Who did King James I grant the charter to that allowed them to colonize Jamestown?

• Dutch West India Company

• Virginia Company of London

• Plymouth Company

• Providence Island Company

Multiple Select

Which of the following are TRUE about the colonists desires when settling Jamestown? (check all boxes that apply)

• Required a place with water deep enough to allow ships to anchor near the shore

• Establish farming, buildings, and trade networks

• • Wanted a place that could be easily defended

• Main interest was seeking gold and treasure

• Develop a transatlantic import and export exchange

Multiple Choice

The Jamestown colony struggled to survive, so they elected who as their leader?

• John White

• John Rolfe

• John Smith

• Sir Francis Drake

Multiple Choice

Despite extreme tensions, John Smith's life was spared. What tribe did Smith establish trade relations with?

• Powhatan

• Iroquois

• Cherokee

• Lenape

Multiple Choice

Who supposedly stepped in to save John Smith's life?

• Running Eagle

• Sacagawea

• Wilma Mankiller

• Pocahontas

Multiple Choice

John Smith was sent back to Europe due to a supposed gunpowder wound to the leg. Who was elected leader to replaced John Smith?

• John Rolfe

• John Cabot

• Sir Francis Drake

• George Percy

Open Ended

The period when the Jamestown colony almost collapsed was know as?

Multiple Choice

What was the main factor that lead to "Starvation Time"?

• Slavery

• Drought

• Hurricanes

• War

Open Ended

Also affected by the drought along with increased tensions and hatred for the colonists, what measure did Chief Powhatan take against the colonists?

Multiple Choice

Due to the death threats by Chief Powhatan for venturing outside of the Jamestown Fort, what did the colonists who ultimately made it through Starving Time have to resort to for survival?

• Farming

• Vegetarianism

• Trade

• Cannibalism

Open Ended

What happened to John Smith and what reason do historians give for the event?

Multiple Choice

After Chief Powhatan died, his brother, Opechangcanough took over. What was the main reason why he waged war against the colonists?

• The colonists were stealing from the Native groups.

• The colonists were taking Natives as slaves in the Jamestown colony.

• The Jamestown colony was growing larger into Native lands.

• The colonists were threats to the natural resources on the Native lands.

Multiple Choice

On the verge of being abandoned, who saved the Jamestown colony from destruction?

• John Stamos

• John Rolfe

• John Smith

• John Cabot

Open Ended

How did John Rolfe save the Jamestown Colony?

Multiple Select

As tobacco become popular, who did the Jamestown colony bring in to assist with growing and cultivating tobacco?

• African Slaves

• The Powhatan

• Indentured Servants

• Spanish Prisoners

Multiple Choice

The continual shipment of African slaves across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to various parts of North and South America is known as what?

• Trans-Saharan Slave Trade

• The Golden Triangle

• Columbian Exchange

• Transatlantic Slave Trade

Open Ended

What is the fundamental concept within economics that is used to describe the price and availability of commodities/goods (i.e. tobacco in the Jamestown colony)

Multiple Choice

The first representative government set up by Europeans in the Americas was known as what?

• Parliamentary Republic

• The House of Burgesses

• Bureaucracy

• Colonialism