Jamestown Trivia

 

Click on the answers below to test your knowledge of Jamestown history!

 

I. Who is Pocahontas?

Daughter of :

A. Chief Powhatan

B. John Smith

C. Miles Standish

II.Who was elected president of the Jamestown council?

1. George Washington

2. Nathaniel Bacon

3. Edward Maria Wingfield

III.Who married Pocahontas?

A. John White

B. John Rolfe

C. John Smith

IV. Who was the captain of the Susan Constant?

1.Ulysses S. Grant

2.Christopher Columbus

3. Christopher Newport

V. What was the first permanent English settlement?

A. Jamestown

B. Roanoke Island

C. Sante Fe

VI. What crop helped the Jamestown Fort grow?

1. rice

2. tobacco

3.potatoes

VII. Who was chief of the Indians that lived near the Jamestown Fort?

A.Chief Dead Mosquito

B. Chief Green Bug

C. Chief Powhatan

VIII. How many corners did the fort have?

1. 4

2. 3

3. 7

IX.Why was the Jamestown Fort settled?

For:

A. Religious Freedom

B. Land for debtors

C. Gold and trade

X.When was the Jamestown settled?

1. 1592

2. 1607

3. 1756

XI.Three ships landed where Jamestown is today. What were their names?

A. Susan Constant

B. Nina

C. Godspeed

D. Santa Marie

E. Discovery

F. Mayflower

 

 

 

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