Jamestown & Plymouth

Question 1

The Mayflower Compact is an example of?

Answer 1

Self-Government

Question 2

What year was Jamestown founded?

Answer 2

1607

Question 3

What year was Plymouth founded?

Answer 3

1620

Question 4

What known state was Jamestown in?

Answer 4

Virginia

Question 5

What known state did the Pilgrims land in?

Answer 5

Massachusetts

Question 6

True or False: Jamestown was the first successful British Colony.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

What kind of labour was used on tobacco farms?

Answer 7

Enslaved labour

Question 8

The Virginia House of Burgesses is an example of what?

Answer 8

Representative Government

Question 9

Why did the pilgrims create the Mayflower Contract?

Answer 9

To maintain order and create laws so people don’t fight each other

Question 10

Why did the Pilgrims flee to the New World

Answer 10

To escape the King’s harsh rule and to escape religious persecution

Question 11

Establishing control over an area of land during the 1500-1600s in the New World

Answer 11

Colonization

Question 12

A system that used enslaved labor and harvested cash crops

Answer 12

Plantation System

Question 13

A group that settled in the New England Colonies to escape religious persecution

Answer 13

Puritans

Question 14

Money that was gained from selling a product

Answer 14

Profit

Question 15

British Government that creates legislature for their country

Answer 15

Parliament

Question 16

a small group of citizens that make rules and laws for themselves

Answer 16

Self Government

Question 17

a crop that has high value in agriculture

Answer 17

Cash Crops

Question 18

An area where boats are docked

Answer 18

Harbour

Question 19

a gathering of people for one common purpose

Answer 19

Assembly

Question 20

A group that settled in Plymouth MA to escape religious persecution

Answer 20

Pilgrims

Question 21

a written grant by a country’s legislative or sovereign power, by which a body such as a company, college, or city is founded and its rights and privileges defined.

Answer 21

Charter

Question 22

establishment of rules that majority of a group will follow

Answer 22

Social Contract

Question 23

a group that has legal authority to make laws for a country or nation

Answer 23

Legislature

Question 24

A type of democracy where representatives are elected by the people

Answer 24

Representative Government

Question 25

willingness to accept habits, feelings or groups that are not your own

Answer 25

Tolerance

Question 26

buy and sell of goods/ services

Answer 26

Trade

Question 27

hostility towards a group of people based on their beliefs

Answer 27

Persecution

Question 28

What was the goal of Jamestown?

Answer 28

The goal of the colony was to find gold and expand the British Empire.

Question 29

T or F: 90% of the people at Jamestown died in the first winter

Answer 29

True

Question 30

What was a staple cash crop for Jamestown

Answer 30

Tobacco

Question 31

What was created in 1619 for the Jamestown Government?

Answer 31

House of Burgresses

Question 32

Who did the Pilgrims ask to come to America and stay with?

Answer 32

Virginia Company