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He is the main character of the article
John White
The colonists sailed from Germany
False - they sailed from England
Ocean they crossed
The Atlantic Ocean
Why people wanted to leave London
It was dirty and cramped
group of people that move from one country to another and settle together
Colonists
This is the year the story took place
1587
John White did not return for 3 years
True - he left 1587 and returned 1590
Coutry they left behind
England
Only Native Americans that helped the colonists
Croatoans
Vanish
This is the name of the island in the story
Roanoke
The New World was not really new
True - Native Americans had lived there for thousands of years
The name of Roanoke today (which state)
North Carolina
Reason why John White returned to England
to bring back help
allies
This is why this is considered a mystery
Colonists vanished along with their houses and tools
Colonists left England to find gold in America
False - they left for a better life
The Native American name for Roanoke
Ossomocomuck
What promise did the colonists make to White?
To carve the name of the new place they may move to
Scientists that dig for artifacts to learn about the past
archaeologists
This is the name of the Native American Tribe
Algonquian or Croatoan
If you joined the colony you would get a house
False - you would get 500 acres of land
Name of the island the colonists MAY have moved to
Croatoan
The symbol the colonists would carve if they were in danger
a cross
something that happens that is very sad and causes suffering
tragic