Practice for Chapter 5 Quiz

The chief of the Wampanoags who met the Pilgrims was

• Squanto
• Powhatan
• Samoset
• Massasoit

The Native American who taught the Pilgrims to hunt and plant corn was

• Samoset
• Squanto
• Powhatan
• Massasoit

England became a Protestant country under the rule of King

• Henry VIII
• Charles I
• George III
• John II

The first leader to emerge in Jamestown was

• John Rolfe
• John Smith
• William Bradford
• Cotton Mather

What is the significance of the House of Burgesses?

• A It marked the colonists’ break from English rule
• It became the foundation for government in Plymouth
• It declared that the center of government in the new colonies would be Virginia
• It was the first colonial assembly of representatives

Many of the Jamestown colonists were

• skilled tradespeople
• religious leaders
• wealthy gentlemen
• experienced farmers

The Mayflower Compact established a form of

• self-government
• economy
• social hierarchy
• new religion

The royally-issued document that allowed companies to settle and trade in the Americas was

• a stock certificate
• a charter
• an atlas
• a title

The House of Burgesses was responsible for

• financing the building of homes
• Providing jobs
• bringing new settlers
• making laws

What was an effect of the Jamestown settlers choosing a swampy area to settle on?

• The settlers of Jamestown did not settle on swampy land, the Pilgrims did
• The settlers caught diseases from the mosquitoes
• The settler’s houses kept sinking into the swamp
• The settlers could not farm the land