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Jamestown Colony DL

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which explorer claimed land in the Americas called Virginia?

a)

Queen Elizabeth

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

George Washington

d)

Sir Walter Raleigh

2.

Virginia was already home to ...

a)

a few Spanish explorers.

b)

thousands of English colonists.

c)

dozens of tribes and nations for thousands of years.

d)

several French sailors.

3.

Native Americans who lived in the coastal region of North America spoke ________.

a)

Algonquian

b)

Tsencommacah

c)

English

d)

Spanish

4.

King James I gave the Virgina Company which document that gave them the right to set up a colony and run it?

a)

Treaty

b)

Declaration

c)

Charter

d)

Ticket

5.

The Roanoke colony was the ______________ attempt at settling North America by the English.

a)

4th

b)

8th

c)

1st

d)

10th

6.

What year did the colonist settle in Jamestown?

a)

1607

b)

1706

c)

1608

d)

1886

7.

What was the name of the group of men who were financially investing in the colony?

a)

King James Industries

b)

Captain Smith and Sons

c)

The Virginia Company of London

d)

The Jamestown Initiative

8.

What did the settlers name the river they traveled to find their settlement site?

a)

James River

b)

Hudson River

c)

Trinity River

d)

Brazos River

9.

The indian's arrows went through the settlers tents, so the colony leaders fixed this by building a fort around their homes called a

a)

fort barricade

b)

brick wall

c)

secret hideout

d)

palisade

10.

The settlers started getting sick. What caused the sickness?

a)

Brackish water

b)

bug bites

c)

diseases

d)

all of the above

11.

Who was John Smith

a)

leader of the new colony

b)

travel guide of the new found land

c)

banker from London

d)

farmer

12.

How did Captain Smith save the colony from starvation?

a)

traded the indians for food

b)

farmed new crops

c)

went to HEB

d)

fished in the James River

13.

How was Captain Smith injured?

a)

indian attack on the colony

b)

hunting accident

c)

boating accident

d)

gunpowder explosion

14.

What did the English settlers build to defend themselves against attacks from the Native Americans?

a)

A Road Block

b)

A Fort

c)

An Army

d)

A Town

15.

Why did John Smith retrun to England in 1609?

a)

He was injured in an explosion.

b)

He went to get more men.

c)

He didn't want to be their leader.

d)

He married Pocahontas.

16.

Why did many of the British Colonist become sick or die the first winter in Jamestown?

a)

The did not have enough food.

b)

They were attacked by Natives.

c)

They did not have medicine.

d)

They caught diseases from the Natives.

17.

Who already lived where the British established Jamestown?

a)

The French

b)

The Powhatans

c)

The Portuguese

d)

The British Soldiers