State: NA Grade: 5
1. _____ was the first English colony.
a. Jamestown b. Plymouth c. Roanoke d. Quebec
2. Squanto helped the Pilgrims by _____.
a. giving them money to buy supplies b. keeping other Native Americans from attacking them c. building homes for them d. teaching them how to farm and hunt
3. Why did the colonists of Roanoke Island return to England?
a. They found gold. b. They didn't know how to live off the land. c. They had smallpox. d. The fur trade was too slow.
4. The Jamestown colony succeeded because colonists began ___________.
a. growing tobacco b. fighting with the Native Americans c. trading with the French d. growing cotton
5. Why did many Pilgrims die after landing at Cape Cod?
a. They drowned in a flood. b. They died from starvation and disease. c. They were killed by Native Americans. d. Civil war broke out among the colonists.