England vs. Spain
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
7th Grade
Social Studies
100
Once thought unbeatable, this was the name Spain's navy in the late 1500's
The Spanish Armada
100
Roanoke Island is found today in the Outer Banks of this US state.
North Carolina
100
Most settlers of Jamestown believed they'd strike it rich by finding this mineral.
Gold
100
The name of the Pilgrims ship
The Mayflower
100
The longest river in the world
The Nile River
200
In 1588, this country used ships that were small and fast to defeat Spain at sea.
England
200
This word, found carved into a post in 1590, was the only clue left in the mystery of Roanoke.
Croatoan
200
Brackish river water has too much of this, and can lead to sickness and death.
Salt
200
The Pilgrims intended to sail to the Virginia territory. They got blown off course and landed here instead.
Massachusetts/New England
200
The sickness the killed millions in Europe in the 1300's.
The bubonic plague/Black Death
300
This is the name of an area under the control of another country, usually for economic or military gains.
Colony
300
This Native had a good relationship with English settlers, helping them find food and protecting them from hostile tribes.
Manteo
300
The famous quote by John Smith that tried to motivate those that thought they were above hard labor.
"He that will not work, shall not eat"
300
This native taught the Pilgrims how to hunt, fish, and grow crops in the New World.
Squanto
300
In Greek mythology, he stole fire from the Gods to give it to humans.
Prometheus
400
In the 1500's, Spain had set up colonies in this continent
South America
400
This man was the creator of the Roanoke colony.
Sir Walter Raleigh
400
The grim nickname given to the period in Jamestown without food.
The Starving Time
400
The Pilgrims created laws for their colony with this document signed aboard their ship.
The Mayflower Compact
400
The "boy king" of ancient Egypt
King Tutankhamen/King Tut
500
Spain controlled Mexico because of this man's conquest of the Aztec Empire.
Hernan Cortes
500
The first and last name of the 1st English child born in the New World.
Virginia Dare
500
Tobacco was the cash crop that saved Jamestown. Who introduced it to the colony?
John Rolfe
500
The Pilgrims were this type of group, who wanted to break from the The Church of England.
Separatists
500
The ancient Roman invention used to bring fresh water from far away.
Aqueduct
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