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Jamestown and Plymouth

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which colony was founded by the Pilgrims in 1620?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Roanoke

d)

Salem

2.

Which was the first successful English settlement in North America?

a)

Plymouth

b)

Jamestown

c)

Roanoke

d)

Massachusetts Bay

3.

Which colony was founded by the Pilgrims seeking religious freedom?

a)

Roanoke Colony

b)

Jamestown Colony

c)

Massachusetts Bay Colony

d)

Plymouth Colony

4.

Which colony was founded by the Pilgrims on the Mayflower?

a)

Salem

b)

Jamestown

c)

Plymouth

d)

Roanoke

5.

A settlement is a

a)

small, newly built community

b)

place ruled by another country

c)

group of people who travel together

d)

town whose residents agree to govern themselves

6.

What was the Mayflower Compact?

a)

a pledge of friendship with American Indians

b)

a plan of government drawn up by the settlers

c)

an agreement with the ship's captain

d)

a promise of support by the king

7.
Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth all faced similar difficulties. But which was NOT a hardship that Plymouth faced that the other two DID?
a)
Fighting with local Indians
b)
Difficult weather
c)
Shortage of food
d)
Long, difficult journey across the Atlantic
8.

What caused the Pilgrims to land at Cape Cod instead of Northern Virginia?

a)

A storm

b)

A bad map

c)

They wanted to land at Cape Cod

d)

a attack on the ship by the Spanish

9.

Persecution

a)

the process that someone accused of a crime has to go through

b)

treating someone cruelly and unfairly due to their beliefs

c)

cutting something into exact pieces

d)

occurred only in the New World

10.

Why did the Virginia Company plan a trip to settle Jamestown?

a)

To find gold

b)

Because they were experiencing persecution for their religious beliefs

c)

to look for furs to sale

11.

What was the name of the ship that brought the pilgrims to Plymouth Colony?

a)

The Susan B Constant

b)

The Roanoke Express

c)

The Mayflower

d)

The Disney Princess Cruise ship

12.

This famous native American helped the pilgrims of Plymouth as an interpreter and as a bridge of friendship to local native Americans. Who is he?

a)

Squanto

b)

Pocahontas

c)

Powhaten

d)

Wampanoag

13.

What famous document are these men signing just before getting off the ship and starting the colony of Plymouth?

a)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

The Virginia Charter

14.

Jamestown is the first _______________ settlement.

a)

Irish

b)

English

c)

Welsh

d)

Royal

15.

The Mayflower Compact was written to establish the colony of

a)

Plymouth

b)

Jamestown

c)

Virginia

d)

Cape Cod

16.

What was the name agreement which bonded Pilgrims together?

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Napoleonic Code

d)

US Constitution

17.

What did the Mayflower Compact establish?

a)

a dinner menu

b)

a travel pattern

c)

a form of self-government

d)

a confirmed religion

18.

Where was the Mayflower originally planning to land?

a)

Colony of South Carolina

b)

Colony of Virginia

c)

Colony of Massachusetts

d)

Colony of Roanoke

19.

Where is Jamestown located?

a)

West Virginia

b)

Maryland

c)

Rhode Island

d)

Virginia