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Early Explorers
Roanoke
Jamestown
Pocahontas and Native Americans
Map Skills
100

We have a "holiday" named after his early explorer.

Christopher Columbus. 

100

Where was Roanoke located in the early 1500s, and where is it located today?

Virginia and North Carolina 

100

Where was Jamestown located, and still is today. 

Virginia 

100

Whose land do we stand on today?

Piscataway

100

A symbolic representation of selected characteristics of a place, usually drawn on a flat surface

A map

200

What were the 3Gs?

Gold, Glory or Greed, and God. 

200

What was the name of the first person born in Roanoke?

Virginia Dare

200

What year did the settlers arrive?

1607

200

What was the name of the Native American tribe (one of many) that was near Jamestown, and the name of the chief. 

Powhatans, and Chief Powhatan (although, that's not his real name, remember :)

200

A set of instructions that explains what the symbols, colors, and lines on a map represent.

A key

300

What else did the early explorers want from distant lands? Specifically Asia?

Spices!

300
Which country wanted to set up a colony on Roanoke? 

England

300

How many ships and ~people were on this voyage?

Three ships and ~100 people. 

300

Who was Chief Powhatan's daughter?

Pocahontas 

300

This shows cardinal directions on a map

Compass

400

Name one of the countries the European explorers came from?

Spain

Portugal

England 

France 

400

Name one reason the colony failed. 

Starvation

Became part of the local Native American tribe

Killed by the Native Americans


400

Why did they want to settle in Jamestown? Why that location? (Same question, just worded differently :) 

  • Far enough inland to hide from the Spanish

  • Deep water anchor for the ships

  • Swamp and river offers protection from local Native Americans

400

Why is Pocahontas so famous today?

Because she was said to have "saved" John Smith.

400

What do we call the name of the four directions that fall halfway between the cardinal directions of north, south, east, and west called. 

  • Northeast (NE)
  • Southeast (SE)
  • Southwest (SW)
  • Northwest (NW)

Intermediate Directions 

500

Name one other explorer we studied

  • Ibn Battuta

  • Zheng He

  • Christopher Columbus

  • Henry Hudson

  • John Cabot

  • Vasco da Gama

  • Hernan Cortes

  • Francisco Vázquez de Coronado 

  • Juan Ponce de Leon

  • Jacques Cartier

  • Francisco Pizarro

  • Ferdinand Magellan 

500

Who was the man that went back to England to collect more supplies, but then got held up by the Spanish war, and returned three years later to find an empty colony. 

John White. 

500
A company, Virginia Company, was created to convince people to go to Jamestown. What did they promise investors in return? 


  • Incentive to buy stock and fund the London Company because the company promised to pay back and more. 

  • Joint Stock Company was created - investing in “shares” of companies that would then make you rich.

  • Goal:

  • Establish colonies in North America

    • Find gold

    • Find a water route to the Pacific

500
Who was John Smith?

He was a captain, explorer, and one of the people who made "friends" with Pocahontas. He was also said to have been kidnapped by Chief Powhatan. Finally, it is also said he helped with the development and success of Jamestown. 

500

Imaginary lines that help to determine the location of any place on Earth.  You must name both of the words. 

Latitude and Longitude