Lost Colony of Roanoke
Colonial
Vocabulary
North Carolina Geography
General History
Colonial People & Events
100

This was the first attempt by the English to establish a permanent settlement in North America, but it ended mysteriously.

What is the Lost Colony of Roanoke?

100

The system where individuals were owned as property and forced to work without pay.

What is slavery?

100

This plateau region lies between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains and is known for its rolling hills and cities like Raleigh and Charlotte.

What is the Piedmont?

100

This famous ship, carrying Pilgrims, landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620.

What is the Mayflower?

100

He was the governor of the Lost Colony of Roanoke and the grandfather of Virginia Dare.

Who is John White?

200

What was the name of the Native American tribe believed to be near Roanoke Island?

Who are the Croatoan?

200

A group of people who leave their home country to settle in a new territory while remaining loyal to the home country.

What is a colony?

200

This flat, low-lying region covers much of eastern North Carolina and is known for its agricultural land and proximity to the coast.

What is the Coastal Plain?

200

This document, signed in 1776, declared the American colonies’ independence from Britain.

What is the Declaration of Independence?

200

This Native American tribe, based in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, played a major role in the region's trade networks. 

Who are the Catawba?

300

This is the name of the governor who led the second attempt to establish a colony at Roanoke Island in 1587.

Who is John White?

300

This term refers to the official document granted by a monarch to establish a colony.

What is a charter?

300

This body of water forms the entire eastern border of North Carolina, influencing its coastal weather and economy.

What is the Atlantic Ocean?

300

This man is known as the “Father of the Constitution” for his pivotal role in drafting the U.S. Constitution.

Who is James Madison?

300

This English nobleman received a charter from Queen Elizabeth I to establish colonies in the New World, including Roanoke. 

Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
400

John White, the governor of the Roanoke colony, was delayed in returning to the colony. How many years passed before he could return to find the colony abandoned?

What is three years?

400

A laborer who worked for a certain number of years in exchange for passage to the colonies.

What is an indentured servant?

400

This natural feature, located along the coast of North Carolina, is famous for its dangerous waters and has been nicknamed the “Graveyard of the Atlantic.”

What are the Outer Banks?

400

This was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, established in 1607.

What is Jamestown?

400

This Native American confederacy, once dominant in North Carolina, eventually migrated north and became part of the Iroquois Confederacy.

Who are the Tuscarora?

500

This island shares its name with the mysterious location with the Lost Colony of Roanoke. 

What is Hatteras Island?

500

This term describes a colony where land was granted as personal property to individuals with full governing rights.

What is a proprietary colony?

500

These two names refer to the same barrier island off the coast of North Carolina, known for its connection to the Lost Colony of Roanoke.

What are Croatoan Island and Hatteras Island?

500

This war, fought from 1756 to 1763, was a global conflict between Britain and France, known in America as the French and Indian War.

What is the Seven Years’ War?

500

This theory suggests that the Roanoke colonists may have attempted to move inland and join with the Chesapeake or Croatoan Tribes.

What is the assimilation theory?

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