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Jamestown Settlement

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Colonists establish Jamestown for economic gain. What is the meaning of the word establish?

a)

locate a settlement

b)

start a settlement

c)

trade with others

d)

survive

2.

Pocahontas traveled to ______ to tell about her tribe and her life as an American Indian.

a)

the Popham Colony

b)

the Jamestown Colony

c)

England

d)

America

3.

Why did Elizabeth Key have to sue for her freedom after living many years in America?

a)

She was an indentured servant, but she should have been given her freedom.

b)

She was taken by the American Indians would not let her go.

c)

She was born into slavery and wanted to be free.

d)

She was married and did not want to be married.

4.

An indentured servant was a person who

a)

was a slave

b)

got married

c)

contracted to work for a certain time and then set free after time was up

d)

traveled to live in a new country

5.

Pocahontas married an Englishman from the Jamestown Colony named _____.

a)

Elizabeth Key

b)

Chief Powhatan

c)

King James

d)

John Rolfe

6.

What is one concern and worry that Chief Powhatan talks about when Jamestown colonists first came to America?

a)

survival because they didn't know how to prepare for winter.

b)

houses burning down

c)

too much food

7.

What year did the colonist settle in Jamestown?

a)

1607

b)

1706

c)

1608

d)

1886

8.

Who was John Smith

a)

leader of the new colony

b)

travel guide of the new found land

c)

banker from London

d)

farmer

9.

The winter of 1609-1610 became know as the

a)

early voting season

b)

wedding season

c)

starving time

d)

white winter

10.

True or false: In 1607, Jamestown became the first permanent English settlement in North America

a)

true

b)

false