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WorksheetsJamestown: review for Quizzes 2 & 3
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When was Jamestown founded?
a)
1606
b)
1619
c)
1620
d)
1607
2.
What change led to the survival of Jamestown?
a)
Building homes on marshy land.
b)
Captain John Smith's strong leadership.
c)
A cure for diseases was discovered.
d)
Some settlers died of starvation/
3.
What year did the women arrive at Jamestown?
a)
1630
b)
1607
c)
1620
d)
1645
4.
Without the forced work program of Captain John Smith, what would most likely have happened?
a)
The English settlers would have relied on the Scots-Irish to teach them how to farm.
b)
The English settlers would have survived without problems.
c)
The Native Peoples would have saved the English settlers.
d)
The English settlers would have died from starvation.
5.
Who said, "If you don't work, then you don't eat!"?
a)
Chief Powhatan
b)
Christopher Newport
c)
Lord De La Warr
d)
Captain John Smith
6.
Why did so many colonists die?
a)
Because of their relations with the Native Americans
b)
The environment and the settlers lack of skills
7.
Because Africans arrived in Jamestown what was the effect or what happened?
a)
More families could be started
b)
The English could grow more tobacco and make more money
8.
why was the house of burgesses so important in history?
a)
The King continued to make decisions
b)
It was the first elected legislative body in English America giving settlers the opportunity to control their own government.
9.
In _________, the governor of Virginia called a meeting of the General Assembly.
a)
1619
b)
1607
c)
1620
d)
1608
10.
By the 1640's, the burgesses became a separate legislative body called the ____________.
a)
Governor's Council
b)
House of Burgesses
c)
General Assembly
d)
The Executive Branch
11.
Jamestown became a more diverse colony by __________ with the arrival of women.
a)
1619
b)
1607
c)
1618
d)
1620
12.
What made it possible to expand the tobacco trade?
a)
arrival of women
b)
arrival of African slaves
c)
arrival of English gentlemen
d)
arrival of Pocahontas
13.
Why did many of the men not want to work?
a)
They didn't know how.
b)
They forced the women to work.
c)
They wanted to hire American Indians to do the work.
d)
They were rich and used to having servants do all of their work in England.
14.
This group of people arrived in Jamestown against their will.
a)
Women
b)
Africans
c)
Spanish
d)
General Assembly
15.
True or False
The settlers died from starvation and disease.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
True or False
The settlers had all the skills they needed to survive in the new colony.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
What other change led to the survival of Jamestown?
a)
the women went back to England
b)
The King showed up
c)
A cure for diseases was discovered.
d)
settlers developed agriculture (planted crops)
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