Virginia Studies 3 f&g

What changes led to the survival of Jamestown?

• a cure for diseases was discovered

• some settlers died of starvation

• building homes on marshy land

• Captain John Smith's leadership

When Jamestown was settled what reduced the amount of food available to everyone?

• a drought

• too many intruders

• not enough soil

• too much rain

The development of new settlements that spread ______ the unhealthy environment of Jamestown helped settlers to survive.

• away from

• inside

• throughout

• closer to

The following were hardships faced by the Jamestown colonists except-

• the settlers did not know how to read road maps

• the men did not have the skills needed to survive

• the site they chose was marshy

• many settlers died of starvation and disease

Without the forced work program of Captain John Smith, what would most likely have happened?

• The English settlers would have relied on the Scots-Irish to teach them how to farm.

• The English settlers would have survived without any problems.

• The native peoples would have saved the English settlers

• The English settlers would have died from starvation

Who served as a contact between the native peoples and the English?

• King James I

• Powhatan

• John Rolfe

• Pocahontas

What did the native peoples mainly trade to the English?

• Food

• Beads

• Tools

• Tobacco

Who began the trading relationship between the Jamestown settlers and the native peoples?

• John Rolfe

• Captain John Smith

• Pocahontas

• Powhatan

How did the native peoples help the settlers survive

• They helped the settlers rebuild Jamestown after it was burned

• They allowed the settlers to live in Powhatan's home.

• They showed the settlers how to grow corn and tobacco

• They taught the settlers how to get to the James River

Which is NOT a way the native peoples helped the settlers survive?

• The native peoples introduced new crops to the settlers

• The native peoples traded their food to the settlers

• The native peoples taught the settlers survival skills

• The native peoples gave the settlers diseases