Jamestown Settlement

True or False: The settlers selected Jamestown because it could be easily defended from an attack by sea.

• true

• false

What challenges did settlers NOT face during the voyage to Jamestown?

• they had to live in small spaces

• they faced a lot of sicknesses

• they had to access to water

• there were a lot of storms at sea

What made Jamestown a peninsula?

• it was bordered by water on three sides

• it was surrounded by mountains

• it had a high altitude

• it was in the grasslands

In what year was Jamestown founded?

• 1600

• 1602

• 1605

• 1607

Why was the site at Jamestown chosen?

• Fresh drinking water

• Water was deep enough to dock the ships

• Protection from Spanish attack

• It was close to their Indian friends

Who wrote the Charter allowing for the settlement and exploration of Jamestown?

• King James

• Queen Elizabeth

• VA Company of London

• House of Burgesses

What kind of men were sent to Virginia?

• Hard Workers

• Prisoners

• Gentlemen

• Young Boys

Who decide the "No Work, No Food" policy?

• John Rolfe

• King James

• John Smith

• VA Company of London

Winter 1609-1610, there was not enough food, colonists died, homes were used as firewood.

• Golden Times

• Hunger Times

• Black Death Times

• Starving Times

In what years did Africans and Women arrive in Jamestown?

• 1607-1608

• 1612-1613

• 1617-1618

• 1619-1620