The test over the Jamestown Colony will be on Monday, January 10 during History class. We will be working on this study guide on Thursday and Friday this week, but it is below if you need to access it from home. Study!
STUDY GUIDE: Test over Jamestown Colony
Test on Monday, January 10, 2011
Know these dates about Jamestown:
1607—3 ships, London Company, John Smith and others found the colony of Jamestown
1609-1610—The Starving Time in Jamestown Colony. Only 60 survive of 500 colonists.
1612—Settlers plant tobacco in Virginia
1614—Pocahontas marries John Rolfe
Be able to write a short essay about what the British thought of the Native Americans at first, and how their opinions changed after they actually came to the New World.
(Chapter 3)
Be able to write a short essay about what the Native Americans thought of the British at first, and how their opinions changed after the British had been in Jamestown Colony for a few years. (Chapter 4)
Know what these important people/things or groups did in the Jamestown Colony: (look in Index)
The London Company-__________________________________________________
The Virginia Company-_________________________________________________
John Smith-___________________________________________________________
Susan Constant-_______________________________________________________
Discovery-____________________________________________________________
Godspeed-____________________________________________________________
King James I-__________________________________________________________
Christopher Newport-____________________________________________________
Pocahontas-____________________________________________________________
Powhatan-_____________________________________________________________
Captain George Percy-___________________________________________________
Sir Thomas Gates-_______________________________________________________
William Tucker-_________________________________________________________
Be able to list at least 6 descriptive adjectives about John Smith: (DON’T make them up!) (Chapter 5)
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2. ______________________________
3. ______________________________
4. ______________________________
5. ______________________________
6. ______________________________
Be able to list 3 reasons why Jamestown was founded in a terrible location: (p. 28)
1. ______________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________
Be able to give 4 reasons why the gentlemen who came to the New World were ill equipped to start a colony that had a chance of survival. (p. 28)
1. ____________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________
Be able to give at least 4 reasons why The Starving Time occurred: (Chapter 6)
1____________________________________________________________
2____________________________________________________________
3____________________________________________________________
4____________________________________________________________
You will be asked to analyze two pictures from the chapters—they will be reprinted on the test. One will be a primary source, the other a secondary source. You will have to identify which is which, list the SMERFCAPS for both, and tell why you think they are what they are. (Look over your chart for the few pictures that were secondary sources—the rest would be primary.)
You will need to be able to tell in a short answer what crop became so important to the Jamestown Colony and Virginia, and why it was important. (Chapter 9)
You will need to draw a simple picture of what the Jamestown Colony looked like. You must include the fort walls, the church, where the forest was, and where the James River was. (see page 26)
IF YOU FILL OUT THIS STUDY SHEET, YOU WILL PASS AND DO WELL ON THIS TEST. IF YOU DON’T, YOU WON’T!
