WorksheetsTCI SS L6
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a form of government in which the ruler is a king or a queen?
a)
colonists
b)
monarchy
c)
democratic
d)
government
2.
What is a form of government where citizens elect the leaders to make decisions?
a)
Jamestown
b)
representative
c)
democratic
d)
colonists
3.
What were the people who settled in Roanoke and Jamestown called?
a)
monarchy
b)
democratic
c)
colonists
d)
representative
4.
What was the government of Virginia more than England’s government?
a)
democratic
b)
monarchy
c)
representative
d)
colonists
5.
What was the first permanent English colony in America?
a)
Roanoke
b)
Jamestown
c)
Plymouth
d)
Maine
6.
What is a settlement?
a)
small, newly built community
b)
place ruled by another country
c)
group of people who travel together
d)
town whose residents agree to govern themselves
7.
What delayed Captain John White’s return to Roanoke?
a)
a jail sentence for his actions in Virginia
b)
a need to raise money to repair ships
c)
a trip to another settlement
d)
a war between England and Spain
8.
Why is Roanoke called the “lost colony”?
a)
John White could not find his way back to it
b)
It lost a contest with Jamestown
c)
Everyone there went back to England
d)
All the settlers disappeared
9.
What was a problem with the original site of Jamestown?
a)
It was high in the hills
b)
It was too rocky to farm
c)
It was wet land with bad water
d)
It was too near the American Indians
10.
Why was Virginia considered more democratic than England?
a)
Settlers had freedom of speech
b)
All men and women could vote
c)
Any man could join the House of Burgesses
d)
Elected representatives made its laws
11.
What were the first settlers to arrive at Plymouth came in search of?
a)
good farmland and fishing
b)
natural riches such as gold
c)
independence from England
d)
freedom to practice their religion
12.
What was the Mayflower Compact?
a)
a pledge of friendship with American Indians
b)
a plan of government drawn up by the settlers
c)
an agreement with the ship's captain
d)
a promise of support by the king
13.
Compared with Jamestown and Plymouth, the Roanoke settlement was ________.
a)
earlier
b)
larger
c)
longer lasting
d)
wealthier
14.
What is it called when one person or nation united with another for a common purpose is called?
a)
an ally
b)
a burgess
c)
a colonist
d)
a settler
15.
What happened to New England at the end of King Philip’s War?
a)
more prosperous than ever before
b)
completely under English control
c)
threatened by Spanish domination
d)
ruled by both settlers and American Indians
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