Jamestown
Roanoke
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Vocabulary
Times & Locations
100

The daughter of Chief Powhaton

Who is Pocahontas? 

100

This word was carved into a tree after the colony had mysteriously vanished.

What is CROATOAN?

100
The name of the settlers who traveled to this colony.

Who are the Pilgrims?

100

A low area of wetland that often remains flooded with dirty saltwater. The Jamestown colony unfortunately settled on this type of land. 

What is a marsh?

100

The present-day state where Jamestown is located.

What is Virginia?

200

This colonial leader coined the phrase "If you don't work, you don't eat."

Who is Captain John Smith? 

200

The Englishman who sent two ships to explore the new lands in the Americas. 

Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?

200

Settlers traveled to Plymouth in search of this. 

What is religious freedom?

200
The name of a crop that is extremely profitable. 

What is a cash crop?

200

The present-day state where Roanoke is located.

What is North Carolina?

300

After the death of John Smith, the colony fell into these hard times. 

What is the Starving Times?

300

The name of the Native Americans who lived on this island. 

Who are the Roanokes? 

300

The name of the agreement signed by all colonists before they set foot in Plymouth. 

What is the Mayflower Compact?

300
A democratic government with elected representatives. 

What is the House of Burgesses?

300

The present-day state where Plymouth is located.

What is Massachusetts?

400

The cash crop that saved the colony.

What is tobacco?

400

The colonist who was meant to return to Roanoke with supplies. 

Who is Captain John White?

400

The name of the Native American who showed the colonists how to use the land.

Who is Squanto?

400

People with different beliefs than the Church of England. 

What are Separatists?

400

The century in which Roanoke was discovered.

What are the 1500s? 

500

Colonist who discovered a cash crop. 

Who is John Rolfe? 

500

This is what stopped the Captain from returning to Roanoke for three years.

What is a war?

500

Colonists and Native Americans celebrated this first.

What is Thanksgiving?
500

The name of a treaty where both sides decide not to fight with each other. 

What is a Peace Treaty? 

500

The year of the First Thanksgiving.

What is 1621?

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