WorksheetsStudies Weekly - Week 10 - Early English Colonies
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
Corn, beans, and squash are known as...
The Weird Sisters
The Three Sisters
uhh, vegetables?
The Powhatan built homes near...
trees and rivers
Starbucks
swamps and quicksand
Whenever crops stopped growing, the Powhatan...
went to Vons to buy more
died of starvation (see: potato famine)
simply moved to a new area
The first child born in the British colonies was named...
Pocahontas
Elizabeth White
Oceanus Hopkins
Virginia Dare
How was John White affected by the lost colony of Roanoke?
He was Governor
His Daughter and Granddaughter we members
He wanted to wait longer to return
He signed a treaty that caused the disappearance of a whole colony
Why did Pilgrims leave England for the New World?
To find gold
They wanted to convert everybody to Christianity
The were escaping religious persecution
They wanted to find the Fountain of Youth
Why was John White unable to conduct a thorough search for the lost colony of Roanoke?
The Spanish attacked the search party
The American Indians threatened to sink their boats
The was a huge, fierce storm that would put them in danger
The search party was running out food and supplies
What role did Tobacco play in Jamestown?
It was traded with the Powhatan to earn their respect.
It was a crop that the English sold for money.
It was used by the settlers and traded as money.
It was sent to the King as taxes.
This American Indian taught the Pilgrims how to plant corn successfully. Who is he?
John Smith
Massasoit
Samoset
Squanto
The trip from England was not a pleasant experience for the travelers aboard because...
the Mayflower was a cargo ship, not meant for people.
it was crowded and the ship smelled.
storms blew it off course and made for a rough ride.
the got lost and ended up on an island with a cloud of ominous black smoke with the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815
