Jamestown Quick-Check 1

On a brisk December day in 1606, the Virginia Company launched _________ small ships, with more than 100 men and boys aboard, and set sail across the Atlantic.

• Six
• Three
• Five
• Two

The Virginia Company of London was a business venture that aimed to establish a new settlement in ____________________.

• South America
• North America
• Asia
• Africa

What was the Virginia Company's goal in starting a new settlement in North America?

• To find gold and other natural resources
• To establish religious freedom
• To create a new home for England's poor and unemployed
• To find a trade route to Asia

What was the name of the river that the settlers built a three-sided fort along in Jamestown?

• James River
• Potomac River
• Mississippi River
• Rio Grande River

All of the following were major issues faced by the Jamestown settlers in the summer after they arrived in 1607, except _______________________.

• Lack of food
• Lack of clean drinking water
• Spread of disease
• Lack of ammunition

Jamestown was founded in _________ and became the first permanent English settlement in British North America.

• 1859
• 1850
• 1627
• 1607