WorksheetsAmerican History- Early Colonist of the New world
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
An extreme shortage of food in a region leading to widespread hunger and starvation
reap
raid
famine
settle
a small community or village
where people live.
settle
cottage
settlement
reap
to die, especially in a violent or
sudden way.
perish
reap
raid
famine
to gather crops from the fields
after they have been grown.
reap
raid
settler
perish
a person who moves to a new area
to live and establish a community.
migrate
settle
settler
settlerman
a person who travels to a holy
place for religious reasons.
religious person
native
colonist
pilgrim
Preceding or belonging to the time before the arrival of Columbus in America.
colonist
Native
colombean
pre-columbian
Who ascended to the throne of England in 1558?
Queen Elizabeth I
John Smith
Sir Walter Raleigh
King Philip II
Which English explorer established a small colony on Roanoke Island in North Carolina?
Sir Francis Drake
John Rolfe
John Smith
George Washington
What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World?
Plymouth
Jamestown
Roanoke
Pocahontas
Who saved John Smith's life in Jamestown?
Pocahontas
George Washington
Queen Elizabeth I
John Rolfe
Who saved John Smith's life in Jamestown?
Pocahontas
George Washington
Queen Elizabeth I
John Rolfe
Which English colony was founded by the Pilgrims in search of religious freedom?
Virginia
New York
Massachusetts
Georgia
What document is considered the first form of government in the United States of America?
Treaty of Paris
United States Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Mayflower Compact
What event is celebrated in the U.S. as Thanksgiving Day?
Labor Day
Christmas Day
Autumn feast
Independence Day
Which Native American tribe assisted the Pilgrims in establishing a peace treaty?
Iroquois
Cherokee
Powhattan
Apache
