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100

What was the first permanent English settlement?


Jamestown

100

The settlers named Jamestown after what or who?

The king

200

John Smith said the settlers needed to 

  1. Look for gold

  2. Make him king

  3. Help build the fort around Jamestown

  4. Enslave Native Americans

Help build the fort around Jamestown

200

The word palisade refers to

  1. A fence made from wooden or metal stakes driven into the ground

  2. A beautiful palace for the queen of England

  3. A butler

  4. A place to store cannons and other weapons

A fence made from wooden or metal stakes driven into the ground

300

The 13 colonies were grouped into 3 regions called what? 

New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, and Southern Colonies

300

Who was John Smith?

  1. A greedy gentleman who only cared about finding gold.

  2. A wise old Native American who helped the colonists

  3. The man who taught the people of Jamestown how to work together and survive in the New world

  4. The king of England

The man who taught the people of Jamestown how to work together and survive in the New world

400

The Jamestown settlement needed a palisade to?

  1. Protect them from the Spanish and aggressive Native Americans

  2. Protect the Native Americans against the flu

  3. Look sophisticated 

  4. Use up the extra trees the settlers cut down

Protect them from the Spanish and aggressive Native Americans

400

Why did people want to sail across a dangerous ocean to live in the New World?

  1. They thought they might get rich

  2. They wanted to worship God in their own way

  3. They needed jobs 

  4. All of the Above

All of the Above

500

Winters in the New England Colonies were

  1. Full of laughter and building snow forts with the local Native Americans

  2. Barely any snow at all

  3. Harsh and cold with many people dying because they were not ready for the snow and lack of food

  4. A great time for growing crops

Harsh and cold with many people dying because they were not ready for the snow and lack of food

500

The warm Southern Colonies were known for

  1. Having rocky and poor soil that made farming tough

  2. Rich soil and a perfect climate for growing large crops that could be sold for lots of money 

  3. Abolishing slavery so that no one would have to work on a huge plantation without being paid

  4. Having a cold climate that made it hard to plant enough food for more than just one family to survive

Rich soil and a perfect climate for growing large crops that could be sold for lots of money