Jamestown Unit Test

In what year was the Jamestown Colony founded?

• 1492
• 1776
• 1607
• 1619

What were the names of the three ships that left England headed for Jamestown in December of 1606?

• the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria
• the Titanic, the Lusitania, and the Queen Mary
• the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery
• the Clara Oswald, the Rose Tyler and the Bad Wolf

Who was the Captain of the Susan Constant and part of the original seven member council of the Jamestown Colony?

• Captain Christopher Newport
• John Rolfe
• Thomas Dale
• Lord De La Warr

Who granted the charter which gave the Virginia Company of London permission to start a colony in Virginia?

• King Henry VIII
• Mary, Queen of Scots
• King Phillip II
• King James I

The Virginia Company of London wanted to _______________ by starting a colony in the New World.

• make King Jame I angry
• make a profit
• become famous
• make people starve

The Jamestown colony was a(n) ___________________ .

• bad idea
• trading outpost
• economic venture
• political venture

One of the benefits of the Jamestown location was that

• it was on a deep, navigable river
• it was a highland
• it was swampy
• it had brackish water

The colonists thought Jamestown would be a good place to settle because it was on a peninsula and would be easy to ________________ .

• farm
• defend
• visit

During the early years of the colony the settlers often experienced famine. This means they did not have enough _______________________ .

• shelter
• food
• clothing
• space

The Starving time occurred during the winter of ______________ .

• 1609-1610
• 1619-1620
• 1775-1776
• 1643-1644