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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThis person was chief of many tribes and provided leadership to his people and taught the settlers survival skills.PocahantasPowhatanJohn SmithGovernor of Virginia
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWho were the first people to live in Virginia?EnglishAfricansFrenchAmerican Indians
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe first permanent English settlement in North America wasWerowocomocoYorktownRichmondJamestown
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe site they chose was marshy and lacked safe drinking water, the settlers lacked skills, and many settlers died of disease and starvation. These were:Problems faced by settlers in the midwestHardships faced by the settlers at JamestownHardships placed on the Indians by the settlersProblems the settlers thought they might have
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe most profitable agricultural product in the Virginia colony waslumberpeanutscorntobacco
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhy were Africans brought to Jamestown in 1619?To work on Sugar PlantationsTo seek Religious freedomTo work on tobacco plantationsTo fight against American Indians
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat were some of the reasons England wanted to start colonies in North America?to gain wealthto stop slaveryto gain indentured servantsto gain independence
- 8. Multiple ChoiceHow did John Smith contribute to the survival of the Jamestown Settlement?He worked alongside settlers.He raised enough money to send to the Virginia Company.He made sure all colonists worked for their food, shelter and safety.He made sure the colony's governors followed the law.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat led to war between the natives and Jamestown settlers?Tensions increased as colonists pushed the Powhatan from their land.Indians and settlers did not agree on trade routes.Indians and colonists were able to work alongside each other.Powhatan punished all colonists by blocking trade routes.
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What brought the original colonists from England to Jamestown?the search for foodthe search for gold and silverthe search for tobaccothe search for religious freedom - 11. Multiple ChoiceEngland wanted to establish a ________ in order to gain wealth and power.colonycountrytowntribe
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is not a reason that the settlers chose the site for the Jamestown settlement?It had swampsFresh supply of waterDeep harbor to dock shipsEasy to defend against attack
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhy did Jamestown need tobacco to survive?Because the American Indians would not help them.Because they never found any real goldBecause they were addicted to smoking.Because people in England would not buy anything else.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat rule did John Smith make that saved the settlement?If you do not work, you do not eat.Treat others as you want to be treated.If you find gold, you get to keep it.You cannot have a raccoon as a pet.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich is not a characteristic of the Starving Time?Tension between colonists and nativesColonists resorted to eating berries, roots, and nutsCannibalism was a problemTobacco was an important cash crop
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhy did John Smith return to England?he left because it wasn't a healthy placehe had a hunting accidenthe was hit by a shot of a riflehe experienced a gunpowder accident
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the marriage between Pocahontas and John Rolfe establish?peaceful timesa trade warequal rights for the nativesa new standard of living
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the Indian population fall so dramatically?there was not enough foodthey had no chance against the whites' weaponsthey did not survive the hard winterstheir land was flooded by the James River
- 19. Multiple ChoiceIn what year was Jamestown settled?1492160717762007
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat is one thing the Powhatan Indians traded to the settlers?Foodmoneygunsarmor
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