Unit 3: Roanoke, Jamestown, Patterns of Settlement Review

Which main reasons did the Jamestown colonists initially choose to settle in the region that they created the colony in? Select TWO correct answers.

• The region’s system of rivers provided an area that would be easily defended from attack by sea.

• The region’s nearness to Native Americans ensured a strong trade and positive relationship would form.

• The region did not experience drastically cold winters or harsh summers.

• The region could provide ample food and fresh drinking water for the colonists.

• The James River was not deep enough for Spanish ships to dock, preventing attack.

According to Source 2, which statement best describes the impact of the environment on the British colonists at Jamestown?

• The drinking water ran out quickly, leaving colonists in a drought.

• The brackish marsh water of the James river led to mosquito infestations and disease.

• The rough terrain was too much for the colonists, causing them to leave the territory.

• The availability of gold in the area allowed colonists to become wealthy in a short period of time.

Slightly salty water that if a person consumes enough, they can become ill.

• brackish

• saline

• fresh

• polluted

A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a particular trade.

• merchant

• colonist

• governor

• mayor

An official document granting permission to do something.

• aristocrats

• stock

• charter

• proft

Why did the Virginia Company send colonists to start Jamestown?

• to find wealth and make profit

• to increase the glory of the Spanish king.

• to teach Christianity to the American Indians

• to discover what happened to the Roanoke colony

extreme scarcity of food.

• famine

• mason

• surplus food

• trade

The word __________ was found carved into a tree when John White returned to Roanoke.

• Mason

• Croatoan

• Ojibwa

• The Virginia Company

An area of land ruled by another country.

• colony

• mission

• partnerships

• profit

Which of the following statements supports the relationship that developed between the Powhatan Native Americans and the Jamestown settlers?

• The Powhatan were a strong tribe and they forced the settlers out of the area.

• While relations were initially poor between the settlers and the Native Americans, they eventually began to work together through trade.

• The Jamestown settlers overthrew the Native American tribes, forcing them off the land.

• The Jamestown settlers built a sturdy fort and held no relationship with the Native Americans.