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WorksheetsJamestown Review
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the name of the business who started the Jamestown Colony?
a)
Virginia Company
b)
Roanoke Company
c)
Jamestown Trust
d)
King James & Co.
2.
In what year was Jamestown founded?
a)
1620
b)
1585
c)
1609
d)
1607
3.
What was John Smith's policy which helped get Jamestown settlers to help?
a)
No guns allowed
b)
Only men allowed in Jamestown
c)
No work, no eat
d)
No smoking tobacco
4.
What was the crop that made Jamestown successful?
a)
corn
b)
wheat
c)
rice
d)
tobacco
5.
What Native group lived near Jamestown
a)
Seminole
b)
Powhatan
c)
Lenape
d)
Inuit
6.
Which Jamestown colonist became rich by growing and selling tobacco?
a)
John Smith
b)
John White
c)
John Rolfe
d)
Walter Raleigh
7.
The period of time between 1609-1610 is known as __________ _______ in Jamestown.
a)
War Time
b)
Starving Time
c)
Eating Time
d)
Growing Time
8.
Jamestown "matters" in history because it
a)
was the first European colony outside of Europe
b)
was the first permanent English settlement in America
c)
started a war with the Indians
d)
met its original 3 goals
9.
What was NOT one of the 3 goals of the Virginia Company?
a)
Send trees (lumber) back to England
b)
Find gold
c)
Spread the Christian religion
d)
Find a way to get to China/Asia from Virginia
10.
Why did they pick the site they did for Jamestown?
a)
The land was flat, dry, and open.
b)
The land was dry, it was safe from invasion, and it had good views.
c)
Seemed to have good water and be safe from the Spanish.
d)
It was the first place they found.
11.
What did the Powhatan teach the settlers?
a)
How to make canoes
b)
How to plant crops
c)
How to make clothes
d)
How to build houses
12.
How many people came on the first ships in 1607?
a)
500
b)
144
c)
32
d)
250
13.
Which happened first - Jamestown or the Pilgrims at Plymouth?
a)
Jamestown
b)
Pilgrims
14.
How many of the original 3 goals did the Jamestown Settlement meet?
a)
all 3
b)
2 of them
c)
1 of them
d)
none of them
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