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Roanoke, Jamestown and Plymouth Colonies

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the first colony England attempted in North America

a)

Jamestown

b)

Roanoke

c)

Plymouth

2.

Who was the leader of the Roanoke Colony?

a)

John White

b)

John Smith

c)

John Rolfe

3.

What is the Roanoke Colony now called?

a)

Plymouth Colony

b)

New England Colony

c)

Lost Colony

4.

What was the first permanent English colony?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Roanoke

c)

Plymouth

5.

Who was the leader of Jamestown

a)

John White

b)

John Smith

c)

John Rolfe

6.

What kind of land was Jamestown settled on?

a)

rich and grassy

b)

desert

c)

swampy

7.

Why were many Jamestown colonists not planning to work or grow crops.

a)

They planned to find gold and get rich

b)

They planned to find spices and get rich

c)

They planned to leave soon

8.

John Smith's rule was...If you don't work, you don't ____

a)

sleep

b)

eat

c)

stay

9.

What Native American tribe lived near Jamestown?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Wampanoag

c)

Powhatan

10.

What Native American helped the Jamestown colony keep peace for awhile

a)

Samoset

b)

Pocahontas

c)

Tisquantum

11.

Who paid the way for colonists to come to Jamestown

a)

Virginia Company

b)

New England Company

c)

King James

12.

What was the purpose of the Jamestown legislature called the House of Burgesses?

a)

self-government

b)

majority rule

c)

to make laws

13.

Who could vote and be members of the House of Burgesses?

a)

only men

b)

only members of the Jamestown Colony

c)

only men who owned land

14.

Tobacco became a crop grown for selling and making money. This means it was a ______ crop.

a)

raw materials

b)

cash

c)

profit

15.

People who agreed to work several years without pay but then were free are called______________________

a)

indentured servants

b)

enslaved workers

c)

colonists

16.

Who owns a royal colony?

a)

governor

b)

king

c)

colonists

17.

Money left over when all costs are paid is called a _________.

a)

cash crop

b)

profit

c)

stock

18.

A resource used to make a product is _____________.

a)

cash crop

b)

stock

c)

raw material

19.

People who own _____________ have part ownership in a business.

a)

stock

b)

cash crop

c)

profit

20.

An actual diary kept by a colonist at Jamestown would be a _____________________.

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

21.

A painting of the Mayflower Compact signing drawn by someone who read about it in a book is a ___________.

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

22.

The colonists who settled the Plymouth Colony came on a ship called the _____________.

a)

Discovery

b)

Mayflower

c)

Santa Maria

23.

Why did the Pilgrims want to go to North America?

a)

religious freedom

b)

to get rich

c)

to find spices

24.

The __________ agreed to pay the Pilgrims' passage to North America.

a)

king

b)

queen

c)

Virginia Company

25.

What 2 things did the Pilgrims send back to England as payment to the Virginia Company?

a)

metal goods and cloth

b)

lumber and fur

c)

corn and squash

26.

The Pilgrims set up a system of government where they made their own laws. What is this called?

a)

self-government

b)

legislature

c)

compact

27.

The Pilgrims signed an agreement called the _________________ so they had the right to govern themselves.

a)

Majority Rule

b)

Peace Treaty

c)

Mayflower Compact

28.

What did John Smith name the region where the Pilgrims settled?

a)

Old England

b)

New England

c)

Jamestown

29.

What Native American tribe helped the Pilgrims?

a)

Powhatan

b)

Wampunag

c)

Cherokee

30.

What Native American helped the Pilgrims farm and trade?

a)

Tisquantum

b)

Pocahantas

c)

Samoset