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100
The governor of Roanoke, appointed in 1587
Who is John White?
100
The colony of Roanoke was located in this region of the United States.
What is the southeast?
100
The number of years it took John White to return to Roanoke after leaving for Europe.
What is 3?
100
Previous conflicts with indigenous people caused many to believe that this happened to the colonists?
What is attacked/killed by Native Americans?
100

The Cash Crop of Jamestown.

What was tobacco.

200
Granddaughter of Joun White, considered to be the first European born on American soil.
Who is Virginia Dare?
200
The Roanoke colony was located in this modern day state.
What is Norh Carolina?
200
The number of colonists that were living in Roanoke at the time of the disappearance.
What is 115?
200
Hannibal Lector and Jeffrey Dahmer would have endorsed this theory.
What is cannibalism?
200

This happened in Jamestown when the food supplies dropped.

What was the starving time?

300
Was granted a charter for the settlement of Roanoke, appointed John White as governor
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
300
The colony of Roanoke was settled on this type of land.
What is an island?
300
The conflict between England and Spain, started by the attack of the Spanish Armada on England and caused White's delayed return to Roanoke.
What is the Anglo-Spanish War?
300
After years of waiting for their governor, the colonists may have decided to do this.
What is leave for England?
300

To gather a group together.

What is assemble?

400

What happened to the colonist when the English White settler returned to Roanoke Island?

What was disappearance?

400

What was the religion that most colonists followed?

What was the Anglican church?

400

The pilot refused to take them to Chesapeake Bay.  The also refused to help them.

What problems did the 100 settlers face when they went to Roanoke Island??

400
The word "Croaton" caused many to speculate that the colonists decided to _____ with Native Americans.
What is assimilate?
400

These new workers were offered this to make them wealthy.

What is tobacco?

500
Ruler of England in 1587, granted Raleigh the charter for the settlement of Roanoke
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
500
The island of Roanoke is this many miles wide.
What is 8?
500
The year that John White returned to Roanoke
What is 1590?
500
The fact-based truth that all historian agree upon as a probable explanation for the colonists disappearance.
What is ALIENS????
500

This was the instructions given by the Virginia Company to the settlers.

Find a good location, build a safe settlement, find gold, make a profit and find a good place to grow crops.