Lesson Quiz 1
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Lesson Quiz 1 Colonial America DIRECTIONS: Multiple Choice Indicate the answer choice that best answers the question. 1. What crop did Jamestown raise to make a profit for their investors? A. cotton
C. tobacco
B. maize
D. wheat
2. What kept John White from returning to Roanoke for nearly three years? A. the collapse of the English economy B. the defeat of the Spanish Armada C. fighting between England and Spain D. his poor health 3. Which of the following is an example of a joint-stock company? A. the Drake Company B. the England Company C. the Roanoke Company D. the Virginia Company 4. What did the Jamestown colonists call the winter of 1609–1610?
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A. the awful time B. the feasting time C. the starving time D. the thoughtful time 5. Who was the first English child born in the American colonies? A. Virginia Dare
C. John White
B. Frances Drake
D. James Yeardley
DIRECTIONS: Completion Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement. 6. John White thought the Roanoke settlers might have moved to
.
7. In a joint-stock company, investors buy shares, or part ownership, in the company in the hope of earning . 8. The men of Jamestown elected
to enact local laws.
9. Marriage and children became part of life in Virginia when the Virginia Company sent there. 10. In 1624 King James took control of the Virginia Colony from the Virginia Company, making the area a colony. 33
Lesson Quiz 1 Colonial America DIRECTIONS: Multiple Choice Indicate the answer choice that best answers the question. 1. What crop did Jamestown raise to make a profit for their investors? A. cotton
C. tobacco
B. maize
D. wheat
2. What kept John White from returning to Roanoke for nearly three years? A. the collapse of the English economy B. the defeat of the Spanish Armada C. fighting between England and Spain D. his poor health 3. Which of the following is an example of a joint-stock company? A. the Drake Company B. the England Company C. the Roanoke Company D. the Virginia Company 4. What did the Jamestown colonists call the winter of 1609–1610?
Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use.
A. the awful time B. the feasting time C. the starving time D. the thoughtful time 5. Who was the first English child born in the American colonies? A. Virginia Dare
C. John White
B. Frances Drake
D. James Yeardley
DIRECTIONS: Completion Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement. 6. John White thought the Roanoke settlers might have moved to
.
7. In a joint-stock company, investors buy shares, or part ownership, in the company in the hope of earning . 8. The men of Jamestown elected
to enact local laws.
9. Marriage and children became part of life in Virginia when the Virginia Company sent there. 10. In 1624 King James took control of the Virginia Colony from the Virginia Company, making the area a colony. 33
