Roanoke
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  • Question 1
    300 seconds
    Q. How long was it before White could return to the colonist after leaving to get supplies?
    answer choices
    3 months
    1 year
    3 years
    5 years
  • Question 2
    300 seconds
    Q. Which country sponsored Roanoke?
    answer choices
    Syria
    France
    Spain
    England
  • Question 3
    300 seconds
    Q. What is not a theory about what happened to the Roanoke settlement?
    answer choices
    The settlers moved to a nearby island called Croatan.
    American Indians attacked and destroyed it.
    The settlers found a way to get back to England.
    The settlers became part of the Croatan tribe.
  • Question 4
    300 seconds
    Q. What word did John White find carved in a tree when he returned?
    answer choices
    Roanoke
    Crowman
    Help
    Croatan
  • Question 5
    300 seconds
    Q. What were the 3 letters carved into the tree at Roanoke?
    answer choices
    CRO
    SOS
    HEL
    ORC
  • Question 6
    300 seconds
    Q. What year was Roanoke founded?
    answer choices
    1999
    2016
    1587
    1590
  • Question 7
    300 seconds
    Q. Which of the following is NOT true about the English settlement of Roanoke?
    answer choices
    It is known as the Lost Colony.
    It was the first permanent English colony.
    The first English child born in North America lived at Roanoke.
    The settlers were hoping to find gold and silver.
  • Question 8
    300 seconds
    Q. Who won the Battle of the Spanish Armada?
    answer choices
    Spanish
    French
    Africans
    English
  • Question 9
    300 seconds
    Q. Why was colony of Roanoke called the lost colony?
    answer choices
    The people returned to England.
    The colonist were gone when the other colonists came back.
    They moved to Jamestown.
    The colonist kept losing supplies and couldn't find anything!
  • Question 10
    300 seconds
    Q. Which Native American tribe was willing to help John White's group of settlers?
    answer choices
    Croatoan
    Roanoke
    Cherokee
    Powhatan
  • Question 11
    300 seconds
    Q. What symbol did Mr. White asked to colonists to make if they had any trouble?
    answer choices
    Create a big fire for him to see
    Make a big symbol in the sand
    Carve a happy face on a tree
    Carve a cross on a tree
  • Question 12
    300 seconds
    Q. Who was the first child born in America?
    answer choices
    Virginia Dare
    Eleanor Dare
    Francis Drake
    Thomas Rolfe
  • Question 13
    300 seconds
    Q. Why was there no ships available to take John White back to Roanoke?
    answer choices
    He did not have enough money
    The trip was too dangerous
    There was a naval war going on with Spain
     Other people were exploring areas and left no free ships
  • Question 14
    300 seconds
    Q. Why did John White return to England?
    answer choices
    to get supplies
    he was injured 
    he missed his family
    to fight in the war
  • Question 15
    300 seconds
    Q. Who did the Queen of England send out from 1584-1585 to find places in the New World to Colonize?
    answer choices
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    Sir Elton John
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    Sir Mixalot
  • Question 16
    300 seconds
    Q. Who was the founder of Roanoke?  
    answer choices
    John White
    John Rolfe
    King James
    John Smith
  • Question 17
    300 seconds
    Q. Roanoke is in what current US state?
    answer choices
    Maryland
    Virginia
    North Carolina
    South Carolina
  • Question 18
    300 seconds
    Q. Why did John White go to Roanoke the first time?
    answer choices
    to find his family
    to illustrate what the new world looked like
    to learn the native language
    for gold
  • Question 19
    300 seconds
    Q. Who was the native that traveled to England, learned English, and taught his language to Harriet?
    answer choices
    Chief Powhatan
    Virginia Dare
    Pocahontas
    Manteo
  • Question 20
    300 seconds
    Q. Who wanted to leave Roanoke and return home?
    answer choices
    Manteo
    600 army men
    John White
    Queen Elizabeth
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