Jamestown VS.3a

What year was Jamestown founded?

• 1587

• 1492

• 1607

• 1610

What body of water did the English have to cross to get to Jamestown?

• The Pacific Ocean

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Indian Ocean

• The North Sea

Jamestown is located on what river

• The York River

• The Potomac River

• The James River

• The Chesapeke Bay

Jamestown was primarily an ________ venture.

• crop gowing

• exploring

• economic

• beat the Spanish to the New World

The __________________ financed the journey to the North America.

• Virginia Settlers Incorporated

• King James of England

• The Virginia Company

• The Economic Company of England

Economic primarily means _____________________________

• how people make, spend and invest their money

• things costing too much

• something people running for president talk about

• people being wealthy

The stockholders of the Virginia Company provided the money need to start Jamestown. This means they _________

the Jamestown settlement.

• started

• financed

• loaned

• borrowed

Two elements the settlers and the Virginia Company stockholders were looking for were ________________.

• salt and calcium

• silver

• silver and gold

• valuable treasure buried by the Spanish in 1492

After crossing the Atlantic Ocean bur before entering the James River, the settlers had to travel on the ____________.

• York River

• Mataponi River

• Pumunky River

• Chesapeake Bay

Jamestown was the first permanent _____________ settlement in the New World.

• Spanish

• French

• English

• African