Vocabulary
Evidence left behind from the past.
What is an artifact?
The Governor of Roanoke Island
Who is John White?
The present day North American state where Roanoke Island is located.
What is North Carolina?
The song in the YouTube parody video about Roanoke.
What is Frozen's "Let it Go"?
Unlikely theories about the disappearance of the colonists - name at least one
What is starvation/disease, bad weather, left by ship or left to another part of the country?
People that arrived from England and settled in a new region but still keep ties with their former country.
What is a colonist?
Governor White's granddaugter.
Who is Virginia Dare?
Some historians believe this caused the disappearance of the colonists....not related to the carving left on the tree, war or weather.
What is disease or starvation?
An ancient trash heap.
What is a midden?
The main clue the colonists left behind.
What is the carving "Croatoan"?
Conclusions or opinions formed because of known facts or evidence.
What is an inference?
The Native American tribe believed to be near Roanoke Island.
Who are the Croatoan?
The time it took for Governor John White to return to Roanoke Island.
What is 3 years?
The person who wrote/sang/acted the YouTube video parody about Roanoke.
Who is Mr Betts?
The most recent theory about the disappearing colony.
Did the colonists amicably live with the Croatoan Native American tribe?
The ocean the colonists crossed.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The English nobleman who sent the colonists to the New World, including Roanoke Island.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
The distance from Roanoke Island to Croatoan (now called Hattaras Island).
What is about 50 miles away?
A scientist who studies human history through excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts.
What is an archaeologist?
The foreign invaders who may have captured the colonists.
Who are the Spanish?
A scientific idea with evidence that explains how or why things happen.
What is a theory?
The Queen of England during the time the colonists disappeared from Roanoke Island.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
The year the colonists sailed to Roanoke Island
What is 1587?
Flaky product of the iron forging process.
What is hammerscale?
Two current pieces of evidence supporting the new theory of the disappearance of the colonists.
Discovery of hammerscale
Blue/green eyes of Croatoan descendants
Tools/belongings of colonists found at Crotoan
Legends that Croatoans could speak English