BP Jamestown Part 2

1. Captain John Smith's declaration "He that will not work shall not eat" drove the Jamestown settlers to start:

• a. trading

• b. hunting

• c. building

• d. farming

2. The failure of Jamestown's crops in its second year was due to:

• a. poor soil

• b. severe drought

• c. over-farming

• d. native attacks

3. The Powhatan surrounded Jamestown in response to:

• a. settlers' violent demands for food

• b. John Smith's gunpowder accident

• c. the kidnapping of Pocahontas

• d. The Indian Massacre of 1622

4. What was one consequence of the Starving Time?

• a. Many Powhatan villages suffered food shortages

• b. Jamestown lost most of its settlers to disease and hunger

• c. The Powhatan and the settlers strengthened their alliance

• d. The settlers abandoned Jamestown and returned to England

5. The marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe ___________ hostilities between the Powhatan and the English.

• a. sparked

• b. increased

• c. justified

• d. eased

6. Jamestown's fortunes turned when the settlers:

• a. discovered gold

• b. returned land to the Powhatan

• c. began growing tobacco

• d. developed a cure for malaria

7. The House of Burgesses is most similar to which U.S. government institution?

• a. Congress

• b. White House

• c. Supreme Court

• d. State Department

8. Eventually, tobacco plantations came to depend on for labor.

• a. English settlers

• b. Enslaved Africans

• c. Powhatan prisoners

• d. Virginia Company stockholders

9. What was Opechancanough's role in the Indian Massacre of 1622?

• a. He planned the attack.

• b. He argued against the attack.

• c. He warned the English about the attack.

• d. He negotiated to end the attack.

10. Who controlled Virginia after the colony's original charter was revoked?

• a. Virginia Company of London

• b. John Smith

• c. John Rolfe

• d. King James I