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Roanoke and Jamestown

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What area was named after Elizabeth I?

a)

Virginia

b)

Maryland

c)

North Carolina

d)

South Carolina

2.

What name comes from the Roanoac people?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Virginia

c)

Florida

d)

Roanoke

3.

Who was the leader of Roanoke?

a)

John Smith

b)

Sir Walter Raleigh

c)

Queen Elizabeth I

d)

John White

4.

What is a large fleet of ships?

a)

Clipper

b)

Schooner

c)

Armada

5.

Who allowed people to create a permanent colony in Virginia?

a)

Queen Elizabeth I

b)

King James I

c)

Sir Walter Raleigh

d)

James White

6.

Who was the leader of the Powhatan people?

a)

Pocahontas

b)

Wahunsonacock

c)

Powhatan

7.

What are shares of ownership?

a)

profit

b)

stock

c)

gold

d)

silver

8.

Where did the English plan to settle?

a)

North Carolina

b)

Virginia

c)

Chesapeake Bay

d)

Plymouth Rock

9.

Who was the adventurer that saved Jamestown?

a)

John Rolfe

b)

John Smith

c)

John White

d)

King John

10.

Who harvested his first crop of tobacco in 1614?

a)

John Smith

b)

King James

c)

John Rolfe

d)

John White

11.

What is a crop sold for money?

a)

cash crop

b)

share cropping

c)

maize

d)

squash

12.

What did King James call a stinking weed?

a)

tobacco

b)

maize

c)

squash

d)

tomatoes

13.

Who paid off their debts by working for several years?

a)

Slaves

b)

Indentured Servants

c)

Colonists

d)

Shareholders

14.

What was the first government in Jamestown

a)

The House of Burgesses

b)

The Virginia Senate

c)

Parliament

15.

Who took the name Rebecca?

a)

Pocahontas

b)

Powhatan

c)

John Smith

d)

Virginia Woolf

16.

Who was appointed by the king to rule Jamestown

a)

A royal governor

b)

An ambassador

c)

An emissary

d)

A duke