Jamestown and Colonies Review

A water route to Asia through North America sough by European explorers.

• colony

• Jamestown

• mission

• Northwest Passage

This person claimed to be saved by Pocahontas and made the men at Jamestown work for food.

• John Rolfe

• Christopher Newport

• John Smith

• Jonathan White

The Virginia Company hoped to find what in Jamestown?

• gold

• land

• both answers

Which crop saved Jamestown by helping the Virginia company make a profit?

• corn

• potatoes

• wheat

• tobacco

in which region was the highest concentration of slaves?

• The New England colonies

• The Middle Colonies

• The Southern Colonies

• The England Colonies

In which region was there rocky soil making it difficult to farm, so colonists turned to occupations such as shipping, trading, lumber, etc?

• the New England Colonies

• the Middle Colonies

• the Southern Colonies

• the England Colonies

In which region did the colonists experience more varied religious freedom?

• the New England colonies

• the Middle Colonies

• the Southern colonies

• the England colonies

in what year was Jamestown founded?

• 1606

• 1607

• 1608

• 1609