VA Studies Benchmark #2 Review

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

• it was marshy and lacked safe drinking water
• it was polluted and far from the water
• it had too many trees

Why did the settlers have difficulty taking care of themselves

• they were too busy watching TV
• they caught too  many fish
• they were not self sufficient

Why did so many settlers die?

• they died of starvation and disease
• they died of a lonely heart
• they died from eating too much food

who was john smith 

• leader
• indian
• explorer
• A slave

Which was NOT a change that resulted in the survival of Jamestown?

• unsafe drinking water
• arrival of supply ships
• emphasis on agriculture

Which of the following causes the Jamestown setters to die of starvation?

• lack of survival skills
• conflict with the Spanish
• lack of farm land

Choose the main changes that resulted in the survival of the settlers in Jamestown:

• The natives people supplying them with food 
• The arrival of supply ships 
• John Smith's forced work program
• An emphasis on agriculture

The Virginia colony’s primary source of wealth came from—

• shipbuilding

• masonry

• agriculture

• industry

How did most white Virginians make their living?

• Specializing in a trade

• Importing African slaves

• Farming on small farms

• As soldiers for the British Army

Which group of people were brought to the Virginia colony against their will?

• Scots-Irish men

• German men, women, and children

• American Indian children

• African men, women and children