Hardships: Jamestown VS.3f

What was John Smith's forced work program?

• "Honesty is the best policy!"
• "If you don't work, you don't eat!"
• "All Africans who arrive will be slaves!"
• "Indians must gather food for us!"

All of the following were hardships the settlers faced except:

• John Smith provided strong leadership for the colony.
• The site was marshy and lacked safe drinking water.
• Many settlers lacked survival skills.
• Many colonists died of starvation and disease.

What was wrong with the site the settlers chose for Jamestown......  

• it was marshy and lacked safe drinking water
• it was polluted and far from the water
• it had too many trees

Why did the settlers have difficulty taking care of themselves

• they were too busy watching TV
• they caught too  many fish
• they were not self sufficient

Why did so many settlers die?

• they died of starvation and disease
• they died of a lonely heart
• they died from eating too much food

Which of the following causes the Jamestown setters to die of starvation?

• lack of survival skills
• conflict with the Spanish
• lack of farm land

Which was NOT a reason the English settlers found life in Jamestown harder than they had expected? 

• The site they chose to live on was marshy and lacked safe drinking water.
• The settlers lacked some skills needed to provide for themselves.
• The native people wouldn't show them how to plant crops. 
• Many settlers died of starvation and disease. 

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

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