Canada Geography
North America Questions
Roanoke
Jamestown and Plymouth
Economy of the Colonies
100

Which direction (North, South, East, West) is Canada in relation to the United States?

North

100

What is the largest country in North America?

Canada

100

This is the country that started the Roanoke colony.

England

100

Jamestown was the first permanent English colony in this country.

U.S.A

100

The New England colonies relied on this industry due to their rocky soil and long coastline.

Fishing or Shipbuilding or Lumber

200

What is the largest city in Canada?

Toronto

200

True of False: Mexico City is the largest city in North America.

True

200

The leader of Roanoke, who returned to find it abandoned, was this man. (Boring name)

John White

200

The year Jamestown was founded.

1607

200

The Mid-Atlantic colonies were known for producing this crop, earning them the nickname "the Breadbasket Colonies."

Wheat

300

What is the capital city of Canada?

Ottawa

300

What type of climate is mainly found in Mexico?

Tropical

300

This mysterious word was carved into a tree at Roanoke.

Croatoan

300

This famous leader helped Jamestown survive by enforcing strict rules.

John Smith

300

This cash crop, grown in Virginia and Maryland, became the main export of the Southern colonies.

Tobacco

400

Which city in Canada speaks French as their main language?

Montreal

400

What type of climate is mainly found in Canada?

Arctic

400

The Roanoke settlers disappeared, leading to this famous nickname.

The Lost Colony

400

The Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth on this ship.

Mayflower

400

What was the trade pattern between Africa, Europe and the Colonies called?

Triangular Trade

500

Canada shares four out of the five of these with the U.S.

The Great Lakes

500

How many countries are in North America?

23

500

What was the main reason John White was unable to return to Roanoke? (What was happening in England?)

War with Spain

500

The Pilgrims left England in order to have __________.

Religious Freedom

500

Name all four of the main cash crops of the southern colonies.

Tobacco, Cotton, Indigo, and Rice