Jamestown: The First English Colony review

Vocabulary:

a new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land

• colony

• Columbian Exchange

• conquistadors

• slavery

Which of these was a major motivation for European exploration?

• profit

• leisure

• freedom

• education

Which of these describes the experience of the first Jamestown settlers?

• they were challenged by the environment

• the found an area already settled by the Dutch

• they were welcomed by the Indigenous people

• they quickly established a prosperous settlement

Why did the London Company send settlers to Virginia?

• to create maps of the area

• to establish a trading post

• to start a moneymaking colony

• to make peace with Indigenous people

What event helped end conflict between Jamestown settlers and the local Indigenous people?

• the arrival of Captain John Smith

• the marriage of John Rolfe to Pocahontas

• the discovery of the lost colony of Roanoke

• the success of the trade of weapons and food

Explorers & People:

an Italian exploring for England, sailed to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and claimed the land for England

• John Cabot

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• John White

• John Smith

Explorers & People:

the leader of the Jamestown colony

• John Cabot

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• John White

• John Smith

Explorers & People:

the daughter of an Indian leader, brought food to the Jamestown settlers and helped them survive

• Pocahontas

• John Rolfe

• Chief Powhatan

• John Smith

Explorers & People:

his marriage to Pocahontas helped bring peace to Jamestown

• John White

• John Rolfe

• John Cabot

• John Smith

Places:

The Lost Colony, the colonists disappeared and what happened remains a mystery

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• Nova Scotia

• Newfoundland