Colonial America Chapter Test
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Social Studies
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8th Grade
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Hard
Curtis Lee Cravens
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which colony is known as the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Plymouth
Roanoke
Jamestown
Massachusetts Bay
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was one of the main challenges faced by the early settlers of Jamestown?
Lack of gold
Early struggles with food shortages and disease
Too many settlers arriving at once
Overabundance of resources
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the economic structure of Jamestown contribute to its development as a colony?
By focusing on gold mining
By establishing a successful tobacco economy
By trading only with Spain
By relying solely on fishing
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was "The Starving Time" in Jamestown?
A period of drought that affected crops
The winter of 1609-1610 when over 80% of settlers died from disease and starvation
A time when settlers went on a hunger strike
The first harvest festival
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the main purpose of the headright system introduced in 1618?
To encourage settlers to move to Virginia by granting land
To establish a representative government
To regulate tobacco prices
To abolish indentured servitude
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What vital assistance did the Powhatan people provide to early settlers?
Military training
Food assistance and trade opportunities
Shipbuilding skills
Gold and silver
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the main reason the English Pilgrims founded the Plymouth Colony?
To find gold
To seek religious freedom
To expand the British Empire
To escape war
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