Jamestown Quiz #3

What led to war between the natives and Jamestown settlers?

• Tensions increased as colonists pushed the Powhatan from their land.
• Indians and settlers did not agree on trade routes.
• Indians and colonists were able to work alongside each other.
• Powhatan punished all colonists by blocking trade routes.

In what year did Africans arrive in Jamestown?

• 1619
• 1819
• 1620
• 1820

In what year did women arrive in Jamestown?

• 1619
• 1620
• 1819
• 1820

What is a crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers?

• credit
• cash crop
• debt
• money

Virginia's primary source of wealth came from ______________.

• shipbuilding
• masonry
• agriculture
• industry

What is the most profitable cash crop the Virginia Colony sold to England?

• corn
• cotton
• tobacco
• potatoes

Why did the Virginia Colony need African slave labor?

• It was a reliable and cheap source of labor.
• Europeans were terrible farmers
• Most European countries used slaves
• Africans wanted to come to the New world

This person was chief of many tribes and provided leadership to his people and taught the settlers survival skills. 

• Pocahantas
• Powhatan
• John Smith
• Governor of Virginia

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

How did John Smith contribute to the survival of the Jamestown Settlement?

• He worked alongside settlers.
• He raised enough money to send to the Virginia Company.
• He made sure all colonists worked for their food, shelter and safety.
• He made sure the colony's governors followed the law.