Jamestown

Jamestown was settled in ___.
1. 1606
2. 1613
3. 1607
4. 1610
Who taught the settlers survival skills?
1. John White
2. King James
3. Pocahontas
4. Chief Powhatan
Which is NOT a reason they chose a peninsula for their settlement.
1. They believed they had a good supply of drinking water.
2. It was sandy.
3. It could be easily defended.
4. The water was deep enough for ships to dock.
Which is NOT a hardship faced by the settlers?
1. The site they chose was marshy.
2. Many died of starvation and disease.
3. It did not have safe water.
4. It was too windy.
Who was the first strong leader?
1. John White
2. John Rolfe
3. John Smith
4. king James I
What did the native peoples mainly trade with the English?
1. food
2. jewelry
3. feathers
4. arrowheads
The charter granted to the Virginia Company extended ___ to the colonists.
1. English money
2. English rights
3. gentlemen's rights
4. United States' rights
Most of the settlers lacked the needed ___ to provide for themselves.
1. skills
2. clothes
3. furniture
4. money
Who initiated trading relationships with the native peoples?
1. John White
2. King James I
3. Queen Elizabeth I
4. John Smith
What was Jamestown's cash crop?
1. corn
2. tobacco
3. pumpkins
4. silk
Who served as a contact between the native peoples and the English?
1. John Rolfe
2. King James I
3. Pocahontas
4. Chief Powhatan
The economy of the Virginia colony depended on ___ as a primary source of wealth.
1. gold
2. raw materials
3. tea
4. agriculture
What were the two new crops that the Powhatans introduced to the colonists?
1. pumpkins and squash
2. corn and tobacco
3. beans and onions
4. turnips and peas
A ____ is a land that is settled far from the country that governs it.
1. colony
2. culture
3. cash crop
4. venture
A ____ is a risky undertaking.
1. culture
2. peninsula
3. venture
4. charter
A written list of rights granted by a ruler is a _____.
1. venture
2. colony
3. settlement
4. charter
___ means to provide the money for.
1. venture
2. silver
3. charter
4. finance
Jamestown was primarily an economic ____.
1. charter
2. agriculture
3. venture
4. colony
A small village in a new colony is called a ____.
1. colony
2. charter
3. cash crop
4. settlement
Materials not finished or manufactured into a product are called ___.
1. raw materials
2. fresh materials
3. making materials
4. manufactured materials
Who was granted a charter to start a settlement in the Virginia Colony?
1. Virginia Company of America
2. Virginia Company of London
3. America Company of London
4. America Company of England
Another word for farming is ___.
1. venture
2. settlement
3. colony
4. agriculture
Jamestown was founded on a narrow ____ bordered on three sides by the James River.
1. peninsula
2. island
3. bay
4. mountain
Today, the original Jamestown site is located on an ____ in the James River.
1. peninsula
2. mountain
3. island
4. bay
A crop that is grown to sell for money is a ____.
1. cash harvest
2. harvested crop
3. cash crop
4. farm machine

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