Mrs. Miller Ashburn Elementary

41 questions covering the following topics: Jamestown Settlement Virginia Government and Economy Cultural Landscapes

A: DockB: Island C: Eastern ShoreD: Ocean

A: The location was easily defended from attack by the Spanish. B: The water along the shore was deep enough for ships to dock. C: The location was better for trade. D: They believed they had a good supply of fresh water.

A: SettlersB: Virginia Company of London C: King of EnglandD: Parliament

A: They said that the King would rule the new colony. B: They gave the VA company the right to establish a settlement in North America. C: They made the colony safe from the Spanish. D: They declared that America was free from England.

A: Virginia ParliamentB: House of Burgesses C: Virginia Judicial SystemD: Virginia Assembly

A: 1776B: 1789 C: 1607D: 1619

A: BurgessesB: Senators C: JudgesD: Presidents

A: Governor, Governor’s Council, and Burgesses B: Parliament, Governor, and King C: Burgesses, Representatives, and Judges D: Delegates, Senators, and Governors

A: Any man but no womenB: White men who owned 50 acres of land or more C: Anyone who owned 50 acres of land or more D: Former English governors

A: Virginia Company of LondonB: Virginia House of Burgesses C: 2 nd Virginia AssemblyD: Virginia Parliament

A: It allowed the settlers to control their own government. B: It made Virginia completely independent from England. C: It meant that no other country could settle in North America. D: It allowed women and men to vote in elections.

A: Governor’s CouncilB: Judicial System C: General AssemblyD: House of Representatives

A: GermansB: Women C: White MenD: First Americans

A: They could work in the fields. B: They were better farmers. C: They helped organize the government. D: They could start families.

A: Indentured ServantsB: First Americans C: Tobacco FarmersD: Shipbuilders

A: SuccessB: Challenge C: ChangeD: Benefit

A: The site they chose to live on was marshy and lacked safe drinking water. B: The settlers lacked some skills necessary to provide for themselves. C: Many settlers died of starvation and disease. D: Their location was too far away from a river.

A: The leadership of John Smith with his “if you don’t work, you don’t eat” policy. B: The arrival of 2 supply ships. C: The presence of brackish (salt water mixed with fresh water) water near Jamestown. D: The ability to grow crops to help provide food for the settlers. (self-sustaining agriculture)

A: artifactsB: food, weapons, and ships C: tools, pots, and gunsD: tobacco, animal skins, and arrowheads

A: Chief PowhatanB: John Smith C: John RolfeD: Chief Cherokee

A: Chief Powhatan grew to dislike the English settlers. B: The settlers stole food and supplies from the Powhatan. C: The Powhatan attacked the colonists for no reason. D: The Powhatans saw the colonists as invaders that would take over their land.

A: TobaccoB: Cash Crop C: EconomyD: Plantation

A: factoriesB: shipbuilding C: First AmericansD: agriculture

A: applesB: seafood C: tobaccoD: oranges

A: indentured servantsB: women C: slave laborD: All of the Above

A: TreesB: Barns C: ChurchesD: Homes

A: First AmericansB: Germans C: FrenchD: English

A: First AmericansB: Germans C: FrenchD: English

A: Germans & Scotch-IrishB: English C: AfricansD: First Americans

A: Germans & Scotch-IrishB: English C: AfricansD: First Americans

A: First AmericansB: Germans & Scotch-Irish C: AfricansD: English

A: Richmond, WilliamsburgB: Fredericksburg, Williamsburg C: Williamsburg, RichmondD: Fredericksburg, Richmond

A: Drinking water was contaminated by the seepage of salt water. (Brackish water) B: Williamsburg was a more central location. C: Dirty living conditions caused diseases. D: Williamsburg was situated at a higher elevation than Jamestown.

A: Fire destroyed wooden buildings in Williamsburg. B: Richmond was a more central location. C: The population was moving westward. D: Moving to Richmond increased the distance from attack by Spanish.

A: BarterB: Debt C: CreditD: Saving

A: BarterB: Debt C: CreditD: Saving

A: BarterB: Debt C: CreditD: Saving

A: StampsB: Taxes C: CottonD: Tobacco

A: People kept their money is secure banks. B: Bartering was not used in Colonial Virginia. C: Colonial Virginia had no banks. D: People in Colonial Virginia used the same money that we use today.