Ch 2.1-2 PRACTICE QUIZ

Although bad weather kept John White from investigating, he thought the Roanoke settlers might have moved to _____ .

• Croatoan

• Virginia

• Jamestown

• New England

In a joint-stock company, investors buy shares, or part ownership, in the company in the hope of sharing future _____ .

• profits

• colonizations

• headrights

• patroons

The men of Jamestown elected representatives called _____ to enact local laws.

• burgesses

• patroons

• debtors

• pacifists

When the Virginia Company sent _____ to Jamestown, marriage and children became part of life in Virginia.

• women

• patroons

• debtors

• indentured servants

In 1624 King James took control of the Virginia Colony from the Virginia Company, making the area a _____ colony.

• royal

• endangered

• joint-stock

• constitutional

What kept John White from returning to Roanoke for nearly three years?

• the collapse of the English economy

• the defeat of the Spanish Armada

• fighting between England and Spain

• his poor health

Which of the following is an example of a joint-stock company?

• the Drake Company

• the England Company

• the Roanoke Company

• the Virginia Company

The Jamestown colonists called the winter of 1609-1610...

• the awful time

• the feasting time

• the starving time

• the thoughtful time

Which crop saved Jamestown by making money for the settlement's investors?

• corn

• rice

• tobacco

• wheat

The first English child born in the American colonies was...

• Virginia Dare

• Francis Drake

• John White

• James Yeardley