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Jamestown

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America?

a)

Virginia

b)

Jamestown

c)

Werowocomoco

d)

Richmond

2.

Why did they select Jamestown as the site for settlement? (choose 3)

a)

Deep water by shore (could dock ships)

b)

Gold was there

c)

Plenty of water

d)

Easily defended against attack

3.

Who helped Jamestown survive with rules (don't work, don't eat)?

a)

John Brown

b)

The King

c)

Pocahontas

d)

Captain John Smith

4.

What was one major hardship that caused a decline in population for settlers?

a)

Disease

b)

Strep throat

c)

The flu

d)

attacks from French

5.

What is something the English settlers did with the Powhatan?

a)

Danced

b)

Build houses

c)

traded

6.

What was the main reason for settlement in North America?

a)

To look for oil

b)

To increase wealth and power

c)

To explore

d)

To tame the Indians

7.

Choose three things that helped the settlers survive.

a)

Supply ships arrived

b)

emphasis on agriculture

c)

The King sent them money

d)

Leadership of John Smith

8.

What did they have to get before they could establish a settlement?

a)

The royal charter

b)

New horses

c)

A new flag

d)

More education

9.

Who helped with contact between the English and the Indians?

a)

John Brown

b)

Pocahontas

c)

The King

d)

The Governor

10.

Who were the burgesses?

a)

Friends

b)

The mayors of the colonies

c)

Representatives of the colonies

d)

Bankers

11.

What were the Africans that came to the colony?

a)

Family members of the colonists

b)

Bankers

c)

Soldiers

d)

Enslaved people

12.

Jamestown was primarily an______________.

a)

Planned Adventure

b)

Economic Venture

c)

Vacation

d)

Escape Route

13.

What were they hoping to find in Jamestown?

a)

More seeds to use

b)

New people to trade with

c)

A variety of wildlife

d)

Silver and Gold

14.

Who financed the Jamestown venture?

a)

Africans

b)

The Virginia Company of London

c)

Women without jobs

d)

The King

15.

Who had to grant the charters?

a)

Virginia Company of London

b)

Captain John Smith

c)

The King

d)

Powhatan