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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which country got a late start with colonizing in the Americas?
Spain
Portugal
English
French
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which explorer claimed land in the Americas called Virginia?
Queen Elizabeth
Christopher Columbus
George Washington
Sir Walter Raleigh
- 3. Multiple Choice
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.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Native Americans who lived in the coastal region of North America spoke ________.
Algonquian
Tsencommacah
English
Spanish
- 5. Multiple Choice
Wahunsenacaw, the paramount chief of the Native American chiefdom, adopted which name as his title?
Wahunsenacaw
Powhatan
Algonquien
Cherokee
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which joint-stock company funded England's second attempt of colonization in the North America?
Virginia Company of England
Virginia Company of Jamestown
Virginia Company of France
Virginia Company of London
- 7. Multiple Choice
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
- 8. Multiple Choice
After each recruit served seven years of work in the Americas, how much land would they receive?
50 acres
50 yards
50 miles
50 inches
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why was the location of Jamestown a terrible spot to settle?
Jamestown's location was a swamp filled with mosquitos.
Jamestown's location was next to the ocean with plenty of fish.
Jamestown's location was flat ground filled with deer.
Jamestown's location was free of enemies.
- 10. Multiple Choice
How did Captain John Smith learn to speak Algonquian?
Captain John Smith was captured and his enemies taught him.
Captain John Smith did not learn how to speak the Algonquian language.
Captain John Smith taught Matoaka English.
The chief's young daughter, Matoaka, taught him.
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