WorksheetsChapter 5, Lesson 2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which features below describe the type of settlement Jamestown was in 1607?
It was a colony that was hot and had no food.
It was a state that had a lake and lots of mosquitoes.
It was an island full of citrus fruit.
It was a swampy peninsula with salty water and full of disease carrying mosquitoes.
Why did the English decide to found colonies in North America?
They wanted to be famous.
They wanted the money (wealth) that Spain had gotten from its colonies.
They wanted to share lands.
How did tobacco change the economy of the Jamestown colony?
Tobacco became a cash crop that made the Jamestown settlers rich.
The settlers were able to buy tobacco from other colonies.
Tobacco was really expensive.
The settlers didn't have to work hard.
What was the cause of conflict between the English and the Powhatan chiefdom?
The Powhatan only shared food with their own people.
The Powhatan refused to allow the English on their land.
The English settlers fought with the Powhatan chiefdom.
The English settlers took large amounts of the Native Americans' land.
A crop that is sold for money is called a cash crop.
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Buying colonies is called stock.
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A document that allows colonists to settle land claimed by their ruler is called a charter.
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A small fleet of ships is an armada.
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The law making body of colonial Virginia was the House of Law.
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A person who bounds himself or herself to serve someone for a certain period of time in exchange for something is an indentured servant.
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