VAS Unit Jamestown Quiz

Who was the Indigenous leader who decided to teach the English settlers survival skills?

• Pocahantas

• Algonquian

• Powhatan

• Tidewater

This person granted the Virginia Company of London (a.k.a V.C.L.) a charter in 1606.

• Billy Burgess

• King James of England

• Charlie's Charter Service

• Captain John Smith

These men served as elected representatives in the General Assembly.

• Burgesses

• Governor

• General Assembly

• Council

This group paid for the settlement of Jamestown.

• The Bank of Virginia

• Jamestown Trust

• The Virginia Lottery

• The Virginia Company of London

This person called the first meeting of Virginia's General Assembly.

• King James of England

• Captain John Smith

• the royal governor of Virginia

• free, adult men

This English leader started programs that helped Jamestown survive.

• King James of England

• The Red Cross

• Chief Powhatan

• Captain John Smith

Choose TWO: some European countries turned to colonization to increase their________ and _______.

• wealth

• status

• population

• power

Choose THREE reasons England wanted to establish a colony in North America:

• Find new sources of raw materials like fur & lumber

• Form an alliance with the Powhatans

• Find silver & gold

• Increase its wealth & power to compete with other European countries

The first permanent English settlement in North America was established in 1607 at:

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• Richmond

The Virginia Company of London funded Jamestown as:

• an economic venture.

• as a mission project for the Church of England.

• a project to make King James more popular.

• a way to form alliances around the world.