Jamestown VS.3f

Front

What was wrong with the site the settlers chose for Jamestown?

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it was marshy and lacked safe drinking water

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Why did the settlers have difficulty taking care of themselves?

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they were not self sufficient

Front

Why did so many settlers die?

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they died of starvation and disease

Front

Who was John Smith?

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Leader

Front

Which was NOT a change that resulted in the survival of Jamestown? Options: unsafe drinking water, arrival of supply ships, emphasis on agriculture

Back

unsafe drinking water

Front

What book would have helped the Jamestown colonists survive? Options: How to Build a Boat, Technology for the 20th Century, Farming Virginia's land

Back

Farming Virginia's land

Front

What rule did John Smith make that saved the settlement? Options: If you do not work, you do not eat., Treat others as you want to be treated., If you find gold, you get to keep it., You cannot have a raccoon as a pet.

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If you do not work, you do not eat.

Front

Which of the following causes the Jamestown setters to die of starvation? Options: lack of survival skills, conflict with the Spanish, lack of farm land

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lack of survival skills

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Which was NOT a reason the English settlers found life in Jamestown harder than they had expected? Options: The site they chose to live on was marshy and lacked safe drinking water., The settlers lacked some skills needed to provide for themselves., The native people wouldn't show them how to plant crops., Many settlers died of starvation and disease.

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The native people wouldn't show them how to plant crops.

Front

Which is not one of the main changes that resulted in the survival of the settlers in Jamestown? Options: The natives people supplying them with food, The arrival of supply ships, John Smith's forced work program, An emphasis on agriculture

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The natives people supplying them with food