Jamestown Part 1

How did Virginia get it's name?

• Named after Queen Victoria
• Named after the Mary

• Named after Queen Elizabeth I

• Named after Virginia Woolf

Who discovered Virginia?

• Christopher Columbus
• John Smith
• Sir Walter Raleigh

• Amerigo Vespucci

Were there other settlers already in Virginia?

• Yes, there were Native Americans
• No, it was completely uninhabited
• Yes, there were Europeans
• No, it was only discovered by the English

Who was the chief of the Chiefdom?

• King of England

• Chief Wahunsenacawh

• The Mayor
• The President of the United States

Who gave the Virginia Company a charter?

• King James I
• Queen Elizabeth I
• President George Washington
• Prime Minister Winston Churchill

What did the Virginia Company promise the settlers?

• Gold and land

• silver and valuable minerals

• Freedom from religious persecution
• Unlimited food supply

Why was the location of Jamestown a problem for the settlers?

• The location was too far from their homeland
• The location was in a swampy area with poor drinking water and mosquitos with malaria

• The location was too cold for farming
• The location was too close to Native American tribes

What did the settlers spend most of their time looking for instead of food?

• Gold
• Shelter
• Water
• Weapons

How did most of the settlers die?

• Fighting the Native Americans

• In battles
• From starvation and disease

• From natural disasters

Who came to help the settlers?

• The Native Americans
• The British
• Captain John Smith

• The Spanish