Native People
Dates
Facts
Founding of Jamestown
100

These people greatly helped the colonists. 

Who are the Powhatan People? 

100

The year Jamestown was founded. 

What is 1607?

100

This country founded Jamestown. 

What is England?

100

Name one reason the British founded Jamestown. 

What is - wealth, power, raw materials? 

200

Name two of the things the Powhatan People showed the colonists how to farm. 

What are corn, soybeans, squash, and tobacco? (Any two answers are okay!) 

200

The year the colonists set sail from England

What is 1606?

200

What was the name of the COMPANY (key word) that provided money for the settlers to come to Jamestown? 

What is The Virginia Company of London?

200

One of the reasons the British settled in Jamestown was because the land was a peninsula. A peninsula is...

What is a piece of land surrounded by water on only three sides? 

300

Powhatan People wore these as clothing. 

What are animal skins? 

300

This is the year that the Starving Time happened. 

What is 1610?

300

The King of England at the time Jamestown was founded

Who is King James I?

300

Name one reason the British chose the location of Jamestown. 

What is easily defensible so the Spanish couldn't get to them, a supposed clean water source, and the water was deep enough for their ships? 

400

The name of the house that Powhatan people lived in. 

What are yehakens? 

400

The year that enslaved African people arrived. 

What is 1619?

400

King James wrote this document that said that the colony of Jamestown should be founded. (HINT - it is also a type of bus)

What is a charter? 

400

The name of the time where the Jamestown settlers had not enough food and nearly all died. 

What is the Starving Time? 

500
The Powhatan People made tools out of this. 

What is bone? 

500

The year women arrive to Jamestown. 

What is 1619?

500
This person was a leader in Jamestown who helped ensure its survival. He led the settlers through the Starving Time and started the Forced Work program. 

Who is John Smith? 

500
Name the three bodies of water near Jamestown's settlement. 

What is the James River, the Chesapeake Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean? 

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