Jamestown Part 1 BrainPOP Video Questions

Which country got a late start with colonizing in the Americas?

• Spain

• Portugal

• English

• French

Which explorer claimed land in the Americas called Virginia?

• Queen Elizabeth

• Christopher Columbus

• George Washington

• Sir Walter Raleigh

Virginia was already home to ...

• a few Spanish explorers.

• thousands of English colonists.

• dozens of tribes and nations for thousands of years.

• several French sailors.

Native Americans who lived in the coastal region of North America spoke ________.

• Algonquian

• Tsencommacah

• English

• Spanish

Wahunsenacaw, the paramount chief of the Native American chiefdom, adopted which name as his title?

• Wahunsenacaw

• Powhatan

• Algonquien

• Cherokee

Which joint-stock company funded England's second attempt of colonization in the North America?

• Virginia Company of England

• Virginia Company of Jamestown

• Virginia Company of France

• Virginia Company of London

King James I gave the Virgina Company which document that gave them the right to set up a colony and run it?

• Treaty

• Declaration

• Charter

• Ticket

After each recruit served seven years of work in the Americas, how much land would they receive?

• 50 acres

• 50 yards

• 50 miles

• 50 inches

Why was the location of Jamestown a terrible spot to settle?

• Jamestown's location was a swamp filled with mosquitos.

• Jamestown's location was next to the ocean with plenty of fish.

• Jamestown's location was flat ground filled with deer.

• Jamestown's location was free of enemies.

How did Captain John Smith learn to speak Algonquian?

• Captain John Smith was captured and his enemies taught him.

• Captain John Smith did not learn how to speak the Algonquian language.

• Captain John Smith taught Matoaka English.

• The chief's young daughter, Matoaka, taught him.