Tid-Bits
Places and Towns (and time)
Vocabulary
People of Importance
100
The English searched for this when they came to North America.
What is gold?
100
This state is where all of what we have talked about takes place.
What is 'Virginia'?
100
This word means to last for a very long time.
What is 'permanent'?
100
This young lady was the one responsible for keeping peace between the English settlers and the Powhatan tribe.
Who was Pocahontas?
200
The English sailed across this to get to North America.
What is the Atlantic Ocean? (Ocean is fine)
200
This is the name of the country that the original English settlers came from.
What is 'England'?
200
This word defines a person who travels to unknown places.
What is an 'explorer'?
200
"If you don't work, then you don't eat!" This man was an English leader.
Who was John Smith?
300
This man was Pocahontas' father.
Who is Chief Powhatan?
300
This is the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is 'Jamestown'?
300
This word defines a place where people come to live and where few or no people have lived before.
What is a 'settlement'?
300
This man was the chieftain of the Powhatan Indians. He ruled over many tribes.
Who was Chief Powhatan?
400
Pocahontas, in real life, married this man.
Who is John Rolfe?
400
This was the Powhatan Indian capital.
What is 'Werowocomoco'?
400
This word defines a group of people who come from one place to claim another piece of land and live there.
What is a 'colony'?
400
This man was an English ship captain. He was responsible for bringing people and supplies to Jamestown.
Who was Christopher Newport?
500
Pocahontas had a son named this.
Who is 'Thomas Rolfe'?
500
This is roughly how long the English were on boats for when they sailed from England to the new world.
What is '4 months'?
500
This word means the act of giving or doing something to help others.
What is 'contribution'?
500
These are the people that settled Jamestown.
Who are the English?