WorksheetsJamestown Colony DL
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 39mins
Which explorer claimed land in the Americas called Virginia?
Queen Elizabeth
Christopher Columbus
George Washington
Sir Walter Raleigh
Virginia was already home to ...
a few Spanish explorers.
thousands of English colonists.
dozens of tribes and nations for thousands of years.
several French sailors.
Native Americans who lived in the coastal region of North America spoke ________.
Algonquian
Tsencommacah
English
Spanish
King James I gave the Virgina Company which document that gave them the right to set up a colony and run it?
Treaty
Declaration
Charter
Ticket
The Roanoke colony was the ______________ attempt at settling North America by the English.
4th
8th
1st
10th
What year did the colonist settle in Jamestown?
1607
1706
1608
1886
What was the name of the group of men who were financially investing in the colony?
King James Industries
Captain Smith and Sons
The Virginia Company of London
The Jamestown Initiative
What did the settlers name the river they traveled to find their settlement site?
James River
Hudson River
Trinity River
Brazos River
The indian's arrows went through the settlers tents, so the colony leaders fixed this by building a fort around their homes called a
fort barricade
brick wall
secret hideout
palisade
The settlers started getting sick. What caused the sickness?
Brackish water
bug bites
diseases
all of the above
Who was John Smith
leader of the new colony
travel guide of the new found land
banker from London
farmer
How did Captain Smith save the colony from starvation?
traded the indians for food
farmed new crops
went to HEB
fished in the James River
How was Captain Smith injured?
indian attack on the colony
hunting accident
boating accident
gunpowder explosion
What did the English settlers build to defend themselves against attacks from the Native Americans?
A Road Block
A Fort
An Army
A Town
Why did John Smith retrun to England in 1609?
He was injured in an explosion.
He went to get more men.
He didn't want to be their leader.
He married Pocahontas.
Why did many of the British Colonist become sick or die the first winter in Jamestown?
The did not have enough food.
They were attacked by Natives.
They did not have medicine.
They caught diseases from the Natives.
Who already lived where the British established Jamestown?
The French
The Powhatans
The Portuguese
The British Soldiers
