True or False Check.
1. During the Starving Time of 1609-10, some of the colonists turned to cannibalism as a means of survival.
True
2. Early settlers of Jamestown spent many of their waking hours bowling.
True
3. The location of Jamestown was selected partially out of fear of a possible attack by the Spanish.
False
4. The Virginia Co. founded the colony as a means of increasing the food supply.
True
5. The one area that the Jamestown settlers were clearly superior to the Indians was in warfare.
False
6. The first settlers who landed in Jamestown were farmers and laborers.
False
7. The author of the article believes the problem with early Jamestown was the lack of private enterprise--the communal arrangement.
True
8. One reason why the colony failed to prosper was its lax discipline and diffusion of authority.
False
9. Early settlers of Jamestown depended largely upon the Native Americans in the area for their food.
True
10. A major factor in Jamestown's early failures was that not enough highly-skilled craftsmen migrated to the new world.
True
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