VS.3e Quiz

Africans arrived in Virginia from England in 1619.

• True

• False, Africans arrived in Virginia against their will in 1619.

• False, Africans arrived from somewhere in Africa.

• False, Africans were the first people in North America.

The first Africans brought to North America were captured by the Portuguese.

• True

• False, the Spanish

• False, the American Indians.

• False, The English.

With the forced arrival of these Africans, Virginia would create a system of people treated as property based on their country of origin.

• True

• False, skin color.

• False, religious beliefs.

The Virginia colony’s economy was not dependent upon temporary and permanent servitude

• True

• False, greatly.

• False, somewhat.

• False, kind of.

Within just a few years, 90% of the Virginia population were in some form of servitude.

• True

• False, 60%

• False, 100%

• False, 10%

In these early years, Virginia would create a disparity between English colonists and Africans.

• True

• False, Spanish

• False, American Indians

• False, Portuguese

The arrival of additional English women in 1620 made it possible for more settlers to start families, which helped to establish Jamestown as a permanent colony in Virginia.

• True

• False, 1607

• False, 1619

• False, 1776

Match the following people with the year they arrived in Jamestown.

• 1620

• American Indians

• 1607

• Africans

• 1619

• English

• Were already here.

• Women

______arrived in Virginia against their will in 1619.

• Africans

• English

• Women

• American Indians

Virginia would create a system of people treated as _______based on their skin color.

• property

• people

• equals