Early Colonies
First attempted colony by British in North America
What is Roanoke?
What is Archaeology?
In 1492, this was a man who sailed the ocean blue
What is Christopher Columbus?
A sharp point found on the end of a a stick that is shot from a bow
What is an arrowhead?
The name of the large body of water that separates America from Europe
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Name of the ship the Puritans sailed on their way to Plymouth
What is The Mayflower?
A tribe of Indians who lived nearest Portola
What is Washoe or Maidu?
One of the most prominent men in the Jamestown colony
What is John Smith?
A woven container used to hold food, resources, and sometimes even water
What is a basket?
The city of Boston is located in this state
What is Massachusetts ?
A blueish-purple plant grown by many southern colonies and often used in dyes
The disease that wiped out many of the first tribes that came in contact with Europeans
What is Smallpox?
Jamestown interacted with this famous Indian woman
What is Pocahontas?
The name of the process of map-making
What is cartography?
A mountain range on the east coast of the US
What is the Appalachians?
The word found carved into a tree at the site of the colony of Roanoke?
What is Croatoan?
The Indian man helped the Puritans survive in the unfamiliar land of New England
What is Squanto?
What is Francisco Vázquez de Coronado?
A boat that Europeans used in crossing the ocean to America
What is a caravel?
What is brackish water?
Between 1609-1610 this named event at Jamestown led to the deaths of many of its early occupants
What is the Starving Time?
The name of the tribe of Indians the Puritans first encountered near Plymouth
What is the Wampanoag?
Title of an Indian chief named Massasoit
What is great sachem?
A device used to navigate at sea by the stars
what is an Astrolabe? (or sextant)
The colony of Roanoke was established in what today is the location of this state
What is North Carolina?