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Jamestown

Authored by Misha Abraham

Social Studies

5th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The English wanted to settle colonies funded by _________________ in the Americas as a way of making money by finding raw materials to send back to England.

the King

explorers
merchants

joint-stock companies

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

____________________________ was created with a charter to give colonists support to settle a region in the Americas under the English government.

Georgia Company
Virginia Company
New York Company
Massachusetts Company

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The colonists called their settlement _________________. They built a fort around them to protect themselves against Spain and local Powhatan.

Plymouth
Roanoke
Williamsburg
Jamestown

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

____________________ was a very important leader of the colony and helped with the success of the colony.

Benjamin Franklin
John Smith
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

John Smith was an important person who traded with the local _______________________________ for food and exploring the area's natural resources and possible trade routes.

European settlers
Spanish conquistadors
Native Americans
French explorers

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

John Smith was captured by one of the tribes when he was exploring and the chief, _________________, wanted to make an agreement with him where the chief would control the colony in exchange for his protection from other tribes and access to food and resources.

Powhatan

Kai
Nakotah

Wahunsenacawh

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The first women joined Jamestown in 1608 and Anne Burras was the first to have a ______________ in the colony.

wedding

job

government position

divorce

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