Jamestown Practice Quiz

Based on historical evidence, select the possible scenarios of what happened to the lost colonists of Roanoke. Select all that apply.

• starvation

• massacred by Native Americans

• traveled back to England

• traveled to island of Croatoan

This admired leader of Jamestown held the motto "he that will not work, shall not eat."

• John Rolfe

• Chief Powhatan

• John Smith

• Nathaniel Bacon

The Virginia House of Burgesses:

• Provided an example of representative government.
• Established the first army in the New World.
• Regulated what the people were allowed to eat.
• Determined who could leave the colony. 

What brought the original colonists from England to Jamestown?

• the search for food
• the search for gold and silver
• the search for tobacco
• the search for religious freedom

Which cash crop was introduced to the area that led to it's success as a colony?

• Tobacco

• Cotton

• Corn

• Wheat

English merchants raised money to establish colonies like Jamestown through —

• bonds.
• petitions to the king.
• joint-stock companies.
• taxes.

Jamestown was located on a peninsula in ...

• Virginia
• North Carolina
• Florida
• New York

What did the settlers build to protect themselves?

• adobe apartments
• tee pees
• longhouses
• a fort

In what year was Jamestown founded?

• 1600

• 1602

• 1605

• 1607

Why was the site at Jamestown chosen?

• Fresh drinking water

• Water was deep enough to dock the ships

• Protection from Spanish attack

• It was close to their Indian friends