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WorksheetsBP Jamestown Part 2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
1. Captain John Smith's declaration "He that will not work shall not eat" drove the Jamestown settlers to start:
a. trading
b. hunting
c. building
d. farming
2. The failure of Jamestown's crops in its second year was due to:
a. poor soil
b. severe drought
c. over-farming
d. native attacks
3. The Powhatan surrounded Jamestown in response to:
a. settlers' violent demands for food
b. John Smith's gunpowder accident
c. the kidnapping of Pocahontas
d. The Indian Massacre of 1622
4. What was one consequence of the Starving Time?
a. Many Powhatan villages suffered food shortages
b. Jamestown lost most of its settlers to disease and hunger
c. The Powhatan and the settlers strengthened their alliance
d. The settlers abandoned Jamestown and returned to England
5. The marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe ___________ hostilities between the Powhatan and the English.
a. sparked
b. increased
c. justified
d. eased
6. Jamestown's fortunes turned when the settlers:
a. discovered gold
b. returned land to the Powhatan
c. began growing tobacco
d. developed a cure for malaria
7. The House of Burgesses is most similar to which U.S. government institution?
a. Congress
b. White House
c. Supreme Court
d. State Department
8. Eventually, tobacco plantations came to depend on for labor.
a. English settlers
b. Enslaved Africans
c. Powhatan prisoners
d. Virginia Company stockholders
9. What was Opechancanough's role in the Indian Massacre of 1622?
a. He planned the attack.
b. He argued against the attack.
c. He warned the English about the attack.
d. He negotiated to end the attack.
10. Who controlled Virginia after the colony's original charter was revoked?
a. Virginia Company of London
b. John Smith
c. John Rolfe
d. King James I
