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Jamestown: The First English Colony review

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Vocabulary:

a new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land

a)

colony

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

conquistadors

d)

slavery

2.

Which of these was a major motivation for European exploration?

a)

profit

b)

leisure

c)

freedom

d)

education

3.

Which of these describes the experience of the first Jamestown settlers?

a)

they were challenged by the environment

b)

the found an area already settled by the Dutch

c)

they were welcomed by the Indigenous people

d)

they quickly established a prosperous settlement

4.

Why did the London Company send settlers to Virginia?

a)

to create maps of the area

b)

to establish a trading post

c)

to start a moneymaking colony

d)

to make peace with Indigenous people

5.

What event helped end conflict between Jamestown settlers and the local Indigenous people?

a)

the arrival of Captain John Smith

b)

the marriage of John Rolfe to Pocahontas

c)

the discovery of the lost colony of Roanoke

d)

the success of the trade of weapons and food

6.

Explorers & People:

an Italian exploring for England, sailed to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and claimed the land for England

a)

John Cabot

b)

Sir Walter Raleigh

c)

John White

d)

John Smith

7.

Explorers & People:

the leader of the Jamestown colony

a)

John Cabot

b)

Sir Walter Raleigh

c)

John White

d)

John Smith

8.

Explorers & People:

the daughter of an Indian leader, brought food to the Jamestown settlers and helped them survive

a)

Pocahontas

b)

John Rolfe

c)

Chief Powhatan

d)

John Smith

9.

Explorers & People:

his marriage to Pocahontas helped bring peace to Jamestown

a)

John White

b)

John Rolfe

c)

John Cabot

d)

John Smith

10.

Places:

The Lost Colony, the colonists disappeared and what happened remains a mystery

a)

Roanoke

b)

Jamestown

c)

Nova Scotia

d)

Newfoundland

11.

Places:

The first permanent English colony in North America

a)

Jamestown

b)

Roanoke

c)

Newfoundland

d)

Nova Scotia