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Jamestown (McGaughy)

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What shape was the Jamestown fort?

a)

Circle

b)

square

c)

triangle

d)

star

2.

Jamestown's government was considered____________.

a)

old

b)

self-sufficient

c)

self-government

d)

a monarchy

3.

The number of people who left England to come to Jamestown was _____, and _______ people were alive when they arrived at Jamestown.

a)

101, 410

b)

104, 105

c)

116, 115

d)

105, 104

4.

What happened to the first English colony?

a)

they went back to England

b)

they disappeared

5.

What year was Jamestown established?

a)

1607

b)

1600

c)

1677

d)

2007

6.

Which leader at Jamestown made the rule, "He that will not work, shall not eat!"

a)

John White

b)

John Rothe

c)

John Smith

d)

John Whitmore

7.

What was the first permanent English settlement?

a)

Roanoke

b)

Jamestown

c)

England

d)

Susan Constant

8.

The journey from England to Jamestown took .......

a)

4 years

b)

4 weeks

c)

4 months

d)

4 winters

9.

How did the Native Americans help the settlers at Jamestown?

a)

They gave them guns

b)

They taught them how to grow corn

c)

They attacked them

d)

They built the fort for them

10.

Which was not a ship that brought the Englishmen to Jamestown?

a)

Santa Maria

b)

Discovery

c)

Susan Constant

d)

Godspeed

11.

Which Native American tribe helped the Englishmen at Jamestown?

a)

Croatoan

b)

Creek

c)

Algonquin

d)

Powhatan

12.

How did the Jamestown settlers avoid starvation?

a)

Selling tobacco

b)

planting grapes

c)

farming the land and digging wells

d)

looking for gold

13.

Which was not a problem the settlers at Jamestown faced?

a)

starvation

b)

poor leadership

c)

disease

d)

many farmers

14.

Why was tobacco so important to Jamestown?

a)

The Native Americans did not like it

b)

it was a cash crop

c)

they could eat it

d)

it grew in the winter