Southern Colonies

Which of these crops was a major industry for the colony of Virginia?

• olive oil

• tobacco

• oranges

• almonds

The 13 American colonies grew or produced different goods, depending on what resources they had. The southern colonies had plantations with lots of farmland. Which of these was a major industry in many of the southern colonies?

• steel

• potatoes

• indigo

• broccoli

Which decreased the amount of food available to the first settlers living in Jamestown?

• an earthquake

• a tornado

• a drought

• a hurricane

Which of these settlements was started by the Virginia Company of London in 1607?

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• New Amsterdam

• Williamsburg

Which colony below had a good climate for growing crops such as cotton and rice?

• New York

• South Carolina

• New Hampshire

• Pennsylvania

Which colony was settled for people in Great Britain who owed large debts and had a climate good for growing sugar?

• Georgia

• Virginia

• South Carolina

• Massachusetts

Captain John Smith and 214 settlers landed on Jamestown Island in May of 1607. Which of the following Native American groups was living in the area near where the Jamestown settlement began?

• Sioux

• Mohawk

• Apache

• Powhatan

The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first American government to be:

• run by a president

• elected by the people

• allowed to own slaves

• controlled by England

Which caused many settlers to die in colonial Jamestown?

• contaminated water

• storms

• civil war

• disease

How did the settlers in Virginia make the colony successful?

• They found oil

• Learned how to grow tobacco

• found coal

• learned to grow sugarcane