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WorksheetsJamestown and Plymouth Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In what year was Jamestown settled?
a)
1492
b)
1607
c)
1776
d)
2007
2.
What was the name of the indian girl who told the indians they should get along with settlers and help them survive?
a)
Belle
b)
Ariel
c)
Pocahontas
d)
Rapunzel
3.
Jamestown was located on a peninsula in ...
a)
Virginia
b)
North Carolina
c)
Florida
d)
New York
4.
What did the settlers build to protect themselves?
a)
adobe apartments
b)
tee pees
c)
longhouses
d)
a fort
5.
The Virginia House of Burgesses:
a)
Provided an example of representative government.
b)
Established the first army in the New World.
c)
Regulated what the people were allowed to eat.
d)
Determined who could leave the colony.
6.
Why did Jamestown need tobacco to survive?
a)
Because the American Indians would not help them.
b)
Because they never found any real gold.
c)
Because they were addicted to smoking.
d)
Because people in England would not buy anything else.
7.
Which of the following was the first permanent English colony in the Americas?
a)
Jamestown
b)
Roanoke
c)
Georgia
d)
Virginia
8.
Why did the Pilgrims create the Mayflower Compact?
a)
to show that they opposed representative government.
b)
to establish an orderly community
c)
to reinforce the laws of England in the new colony
d)
to guarantee universal religious tolerance in the colony
9.
When was Mayflower Compact written?
a)
1410
b)
1492
c)
1655
d)
1620
10.
Where was the Mayflower originally bound?
a)
Colony of South Carolina
b)
Colony of Virginia
c)
Colony of Georgia
11.
The Mayflower Compact was the first agreement for self - government to be created and enforced in america
a)
true
b)
fasle
12.
Which of the following is the most important reason why Pilgrims came to America?
a)
gold
b)
trade
c)
land
d)
religious freedom
13.
Where is Plymouth located [today]?
a)
Virginia
b)
Massachusetts
c)
Missouri
d)
Louisiana
14.
Plymouth was started before Jamestown.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
How were the Jamestown and Plymouth colonies the same?
a)
Both had positive relationships with the Natives
b)
Both were in present day Virginia
c)
Both were settled by English colonists
d)
Both disappeared mysteriously
16.
On what ship did the Pilgrims sail across the Atlantic Ocean?
a)
Santa Maria
b)
Plymouth
c)
Susan Constant
d)
Mayflower
17.
Besides "Pilgrims," the people who settled Plymouth were also called
a)
Puritans
b)
Separatists
c)
Germans
d)
Saxons
18.
Why did half of the Plymouth settlers die the first winter?
a)
Powhatan refused to trade with the increasing number of settlers
b)
They arrived late in the year and could not grow crops
c)
Their animals died
d)
The fishing was poor
19.
What joint stock company funded the Jamestown settlement?
a)
Plymouth Company of London
b)
London Company of Plymouth
c)
Virginia Company of London
d)
London Company of Virginia
20.
European countries wanted to find a faster route to...?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
The north pole
d)
California
21.
Who were the major players in European exploration?
a)
England, France, Spain
b)
England, Italy, Egypt
c)
Portugal, Spain, Sweden
d)
India, France, Greece
22.
Why did the French explorers come to North America and Canada?
a)
They wanted to move
b)
They heard the land was better
c)
They wanted beaver furs to make stylish hats
d)
Religious freedom
23.
Which of the Four G's represents the wealth Europeans were hoping to gain from the Americas?
a)
God
b)
Gold
c)
Glory
d)
Germs
24.
Which of the Four Gs represents Europeans' desire to spread Christianity to places they conquered?
a)
God
b)
Gold
c)
Glory
d)
Germs
25.
Many of the European explorers wished to spread Christianity to native people.
a)
True
b)
False
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