Exploring and Early Colonial America

Jamestown was located on a peninsula in ...

• Virginia
• North Carolina
• Florida
• New York

In what year was Jamestown settled?

• 1492
• 1607
• 1776
• 2007

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

• Chief Powhatan
• Christopher Newport
• Lord De La Warr
• Captain John Smith

What crop was important in making Jamestown and early Virginia an economic success?

• indigo
• tobacco
• potatoes
• rice

Explorers brought news of the Americas home to Europe. European nations quickly sought to claim land with the hope of ______________.

• relocating criminals to this land.

• discovering new peoples and cultures.

• boosting their economies with access to new resources and trade.

• converting more Native Americans and expanding their congregations.

Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth were some of the earliest ___________ settlements in the Americas.

• Spanish

• Dutch

• African

• English

Some explorers came to the new world in gold and silver and the wealth those metals would bring. Others hoped to bring glory to their home countries, while others hoped to __________________.

• create inventions

• drill for oil

• find new water sources

• spread Christianity

Early Europeans explored the Americas to find...(choose two)

• New land

• New religions

• Gold

• New medicines

The very first English settlement in the Americas was:

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Rhode Island

The first permanent and lasting English settlement in the Americas was:

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Rhode Island