VS review #3

Today, Jamestown is located on an ______.

• island
• peninsula
• plateau
• lake

The water along the shore was ____ enough for ships to dock.

• low
• deep
• rough
• calm

The ____ granted the charters of the Virginia Company of London, which allowed companies to being settlements in the New World.

• King of England
• Queen of England
• Virginia Company of London
• English settlers

In 1619, the governor of Virginia called a meeting of the ___.

• General Assembly
• House of Burgesses
• Senate
• Virginia Company of London

Only adult, white ___ were considered citizens.

• males
• females
• slaves
• indentured servants

By the 1640s, the burgesses became a separate legislative body, called the ___.  This was the first elected legislative body in America.

• House of Burgesses
• House of Representatives
• Virginia General Assembly
• Continental Congress

The arrival of ___ in 1620 made it possible for the settlers to establish families

• women
• slaves
• Indians
• Germans

Africans  arrived in ___in Jamestown against their will.

• 1619
• 1607
• 1776
• 1620

The site the colonists chose to live on was marshy and did not have____

• grass
• safe drinking water
• room to live
• food

The settlers didn’t have  ___ necessary to provide for themselves.

• survival skills
• food
• women
• friends