Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
Vocabulary
Misc
100

Roanoke is an island off of the coast of what state? 

North Carolina

100
True or False - Was Jamestown the first successful permanent settlement of England in the new world? 

True

100

What year was Plymouth settled?

1620

100

An area under control by 

another area or country is called?

Colony

100

Jamestown was named after what King?

King James

200

True or False - Roanoke was the first attempt at an English settlement in the “New World”?

True

200

Who was the strong leader of Jamestown? 

John Smith

200

Why did the Pilgrims come to the "New World"?

Religious freedom

200

Why did European leaders wanted to expand their countries? 

3 possible answers: 

To become larger, more powerful and richer. 

200

Who said in Jamestown, “If you don’t work, you don’t eat!” 


Captain John Smith

300

Who led the Roanoke colony and left his family there to go get more supplies from England? 

John White

300

What native american woman helped the settlers survive? 

Pocahontas 

300

Where were these settlers trying to go? 

The Jamestown settlement

300

A group of colonists living together in a village is called...?

A settlement

300

What likely happen to the Roanoke settlers? 

WE Don't KNOW!

400

Why was John White delayed for 3 years from returning to Roanoke? 

England was at war with Spain in 1587 so the Queen needed his ship for war.

400

This crop allowed Jamestown to survive as it was very popular and could be sold to people in England.

tobacco

400

These colonist wrote an agreement on how to govern themselves before they got off the ship. What was it called?

The Mayflower Compact

400

The name of the ship the Pilgrims sailed on to arrive in Plymouth, MA

Mayflower

400

Who was the man that convinced Queen Elizabeth to create English Colonies in the "New World"?

Walter Raleigh

500

This word was carved into a gatepost upon John White's return to Roanoke in 1590. 

Croatoan

500

Jamestown was built on this type of land which made surviving more difficult. 

marsh

500

Initially pilgrims were called this because they wanted a separate religion from King George?

Separatists

500

The primary Native American group in the Plymouth, Massachusetts area were?

the Wampanoag

500

Who were the native people in the Jamestown area? 

Powhatan Natives

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