Jamestown
Reasons for Site Choice
Land
Digging
Indians
100

Body of land that is bordered by water on three sides

Peninsula

100

Godspeed, Susan Constant and Discovery

Large ships

100

The settlers were hoping to find this

Gold and Silver

100

This is a person who studies human history

Archeologist

100

Algonquian languages were spoken here

Tidewater

200

Jamestown was named after

King James I

200

Water surrounding the shore was 

Deep

200

The settlers did find these items

Timber and Iron

200

Man made object 

Artifacts

200

Siouan language was spoken here

Piedmont

300

How many months did the settlers spend at sea

4 months

300

Deep water was needed for 

Docking ships

300

Jamestown is no longer this today

Island

300

These were used by the Indians for hunting

Arrowheads

300

Iroquoian language was mostly spoken here

Southwest Virginia

400

The year the settlers reached the shores

1607

400

Settlers believed the river would provide this for them

Clean drinking water

400

This is a process where wind and water move tiny parts to a new location

Erosion

400

Leaves and rocks are not

Artifacts

400

Powhatan Indians lived here

Tidewater

500

The river that bordered the peninsula

James River

500

This was built with three sides and three corners

Fort

500

This is a process where wind and water cause rocks and land to break into many parts

Weathering

500

Studying a shoe from the past can tell us this

About the people who created it

500

Monacans lived here

Piedmont