Jamestown VS.3a

Jamestown is located on what river?

• The James River

• The Potomac River

• The Mississippi River

• The Hudson River

Two elements the settlers and the Virginia Company stockholders were looking for were ________________.

• silver and gold

• copper and iron

• wheat and corn

• diamonds and rubies

What body of water did the English have to cross to get to Jamestown?

• The Pacific Ocean

• The Indian Ocean

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Arctic Ocean

Economic primarily means _____________________________

• how people make, spend and invest their money

• the study of historical events

• the analysis of political systems

• the management of natural resources

The __________________ financed the journey to the North America.

• The Virginia Company

• The Plymouth Company

• The East India Company

• The Spanish Crown

After crossing the Atlantic Ocean but before entering the James River, the settlers had to travel on the ____________.

• Chesapeake Bay

• Hudson River

• Delaware Bay

• Gulf of Mexico

Jamestown was primarily an ________ venture.

• political

• cultural

• economic

• military

Jamestown was the first permanent _____________ settlement in the New World.

• Spanish

• French

• English

• Dutch

The stockholders of the Virginia Company provided the money need to start Jamestown. This means they _________ the Jamestown settlement.

• financed

• ignored

• abandoned

• criticized

What year was Jamestown founded?

• 1606

• 1607

• 1608

• 1609