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Jamestown Practice Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Based on historical evidence, select the possible scenarios of what happened to the lost colonists of Roanoke. Select all that apply.

a)

starvation

b)

massacred by Native Americans

c)

traveled back to England

d)

traveled to island of Croatoan

2.

This admired leader of Jamestown held the motto "he that will not work, shall not eat."

a)

John Rolfe

b)

Chief Powhatan

c)

John Smith

d)

Nathaniel Bacon

3.
The Virginia House of Burgesses:
a)
Provided an example of representative government.
b)
Established the first army in the New World.
c)
Regulated what the people were allowed to eat.
d)
Determined who could leave the colony. 
4.
What brought the original colonists from England to Jamestown?
a)
the search for food
b)
the search for gold and silver
c)
the search for tobacco
d)
the search for religious freedom
5.

Which cash crop was introduced to the area that led to it's success as a colony?

a)

Tobacco

b)

Cotton

c)

Corn

d)

Wheat

6.
English merchants raised money to establish colonies like Jamestown through —
a)
bonds.
b)
petitions to the king.
c)
joint-stock companies.
d)
taxes.
7.
Jamestown was located on a peninsula in ...
a)
Virginia
b)
North Carolina
c)
Florida
d)
New York
8.
What did the settlers build to protect themselves?
a)
adobe apartments
b)
tee pees
c)
longhouses
d)
a fort
9.

In what year was Jamestown founded?

a)

1600

b)

1602

c)

1605

d)

1607

10.

Why was the site at Jamestown chosen?

a)

Fresh drinking water

b)

Water was deep enough to dock the ships

c)

Protection from Spanish attack

d)

It was close to their Indian friends

11.
Which of the following was the first permanent English colony in the Americas?
a)
Jamestown
b)
Roanoke 
c)
Georgia 
d)
Virginia 
12.

The winter of 1609-1610 became know as the

a)

early voting season

b)

wedding season

c)

starving time

d)

white winter

13.

Who did John Rolfe marry?

a)

Powhatan

b)

Sacagawea

c)

Clara Sherman

d)

Pocahontas

14.

A cash crop is

a)

the practice of farming

b)

a crop grown to make money

c)

farming for money

d)

a fort of crops

15.

The first Englishman to cultivate Tobacco in Jamestown. He married Pocahontas and had one child with her.

a)

John Smith

b)

John Rolfe