Jamestown

The site they chose was marshy and lacked safe drinking water, the settlers lacked skills, and many settlers died of disease and starvation. These were:

• Problems faced by settlers in the midwest
• Hardships faced by the settlers at Jamestown
• Hardships placed on the Indians by the settlers
• Problems the settlers thought they might have

The first permanent English settlement in North America was

• Werowocomoco
• Yorktown
• Richmond
• Jamestown

Who PAID for the settlement of Jamestown? 

• King of England
• Powhatan
• The Virginia Company
• John Smith

In what year was Jamestown settled?

• 1492
• 1607
• 1608
• 2081

What became Jamestown's "gold" as it saved the colony from ruin?

• cars
• tobacco
• water
• tomatoes

Jamestown was located on a peninsula in ...

• Virginia
• North Carolina
• Florida
• New York

Why did the settlers select the name "Jamestown"?

• To honor King James
• To honor a baby born on the ship
• To honor Saint James
• To honor the ship's captain

Who said, "If you don't work, then you don't eat!"?

• Chief Powhatan
• King James
• Lord De La Warr
• John Smith

Why did many of the men not want to work?

• They didn't know how.
• They forced the women to work.
• They wanted to hire American Indians to do the work.
• They were rich and used to having servants do all of their work in England.

What was the name of the indian girl who told the indians they should get along with settlers and help them survive?

• Belle
• Ariel
• Pocahontas
• Rapunzel