Jamestown Power Quiz #1

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  1. The following happened in 1620 EXCEPT:

    2. Your answer:
    The tobacco economy expanded.
    The VA Assembly was created.
    Women arrived in Jamestown.
    Africans arrived in Jamestown.

  2. 1619 is important because:

    3. Your answer:
    women arrived in Jamestown.
    Africans arrived in Jamestown.
    the king granted a charter to VA.
    the VA Assembly was created.

  3. Which of the following is in the correct order?

    4. Your answer:
    VA Assembly > General Assembly of VA > VA House of Burgesses
    General Assembly of VA > VA Assembly > VA House of Burgesses
    VA House of Burgesses > VA Assembly > General Assembly of VA
    VA Assembly > VA House of Burgesses > General Assembly of VA

  4. Who called the first meeting of the Virginia Assembly?

    5. Your answer:
    the president
    the king
    the burgesses
    the governor

  5. How many citizen representatives came from each division of VA to the Virginia Assembly?

    6. Your answer:
    1
    3
    2
    4

  6. These were the only people who were considered citizens and could vote:

    7. Your answer:
    Africans
    women
    Indians
    adult men who owned land

  7. Which of the following did NOT belong to the Virginia Assembly?

    8. Your answer:
    burgesses
    governor
    king
    governor's council

  8. All of the following are true about the Virginia House of Burgesses EXCEPT:

    9. Your answer:
    It was the first elected legislative body in America.
    It became the General Assembly of Virginia, which continues to this day.
    It began in 1607.
    It gave settlers the opportunity to control their own government.

  9. When did women and Africans arrive in Jamestown?

    10. Your answer:
    1620
    1607
    1629
    1640s

  10. All of the following are true EXCEPT:

    11. Your answer:
    The first Africans wanted to come to Virginia.
    The first Africans to come to Virginia were indentured servants.
    The arrival of Africans made it possible to expand the tobacco economy.
    Africans arrived in 1620.

  11. Which of the following is NOT true:

    12. Your answer:
    The settlers lacked some skills necessary to provide for themselves.
    Jamestown was marshy and lacked safe drinking water.
    John Rolfe was their leader.
    Many settlers died of starvation and disease.

  12. Which of the following was used as a cash crop in Jamestown?

    13. Your answer:
    beans
    tobacco
    cotton
    corn

  13. All of the following are true about the hardships in Jamestown EXCEPT:

    14. Your answer:
    Strong leadership and the emphasis on self-sustaining agriculture helped them.
    2 supply ships and a forced work program helped them survive.
    The Powhatan Indians helped the colonists a great deal.
    King James came to visit the colony and boosted morale.

  14. Something that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers is called:

    15. Your answer:
    credit
    savings
    cash crop
    debt

  15. Slavery became important to Virginia because the planting of this important crop required a reliable and inexpensive source of labor:

    16. Your answer:
    squash
    tobacco
    corn
    beans

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