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- 1. Multiple Choice
Why did John White leave Roanoke? Why didn't he return to Roanoke right away?
He left Roanoke to get supplies. He didn’t come back right away because he was called to participate in the war between England and Spain.
He left Roanoke to get more people to bring over to America and got lost coming back
He left Roanoke to go fishing and didn't return because he drifted off to sea.
He left Roanoke to explore the West and didn't return because he started a new colony in the western part of United States.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What was the first English colony in North America?
Jamestown
Roanoke
Boston
Wampanoag
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who was John White?
The governor of Jamestown
The President of Jamestown
The President of Roanoke
The governor of Roanoke
- 4. Multiple Choice
When did John White return to Roanoke?
1180
1590
1850
1500
- 5. Multiple Choice
What happened to Roanoke? What was left behind?
All the colonists decided to get on a boat and go back to England. They left behind a letter for John White.
The colonists decided to join the local Indian tribe and left behind a different pictures to show where they went.
The colonists moved west and left behind a map to show where they went.
All the colonists disappeared. The only thing left behind was the word CROATOAN carved on a wooden post
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who sponsored the first English colony in North America?
Sir Walter Raleigh
John White
John Rolfe
John Smith
- 7. Multiple Choice
What made Virginia Dare special?
She was the first person that set foot on American soil.
She discovered a village in American
She was the first baby born in North America from English settlers.
She was the first person to have a baby in North America
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who sent and formed the Jamestown settlement to North America?
King George
Sir Walter Raleigh
The Boston Tea Party
The Virginia Company
- 9. Multiple Choice
How many people/colonists were sent to Jamestown?
100
200
300
400
- 10. Multiple Choice
What were the names of the 3 ships that the colonists traveled on to get to North America? (Check all correct answers)
Susan Constant
the Godspeed
the Discovery
the Santa Maria
- 11. Multiple Choice
What happened to the settlers in Jamestown? (Full answer to what happened to ALL of the settlers)
Many of them died from hunger and illness. The ones that survived made and agreement with Chief Powhatan who helped provide them food, metal, tools, beads, and weapons.
Many of them found other settlements to live in that was easier for them to manage.
All of them disappeared and nobody knows what happened to them.
Many of the settlers moved in with local tribes. The remaining settlers decided to sail back to England where it was comfortable and safe.
- 12. Multiple Choice
What did John Smith become to Jamestown?
Governor of the Colony
Indian chief
President of the colony
The guy that married Pocahontas
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who did Pocahontas marry?
John Smith
John Rolfe
Sir Walter Raleigh
John White
- 14. Multiple Choice
What was John Smith's famous rule?
"..he who chooses to fish will eat forever.."
"...he that learns how to hunt will live well.."
"... that knows how to farm can provide for his family.."
"...he that will not work shall not eat..."
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was one of his great accomplishments for Jamestown? How did he get it and why was it important?
He created a detailed map. He made it by going on voyages and it was important because the map contained a lot of important information.
He ventured west and made a trail for the settlers to follow into the new world.
He sailed back to England to let the King know different information about what the settlers were doing in North America.
He created different medicines to help the settlers cure different diseases that they encountered during their stay in the new world.
- 16. Multiple Choice
What did Pocahontas to do help the Jamestown colonists? What did she do to help her people?
She was able to communicate with the colonists because she knew how speak English and then helped her people by giving them different tools from the English.
She helped the colonists build their houses in order to survive the harsh weather and provided her own people with new food from the English settlers
She helped give the settlers information on the landscape and helped her people by giving them the locations of the English settlers.
She helped supply food and information to the colony. She helped her people by peacefully getting the freedom of Powhatan Indian prisoners.
- 17. Multiple Choice
What does trade mean?
The act of buying and selling things
The act of taking things without permission
The act of taking things with permission
The act of leaving things behind for others to find
- 18. Multiple Choice
When did the Pilgrims come to America?
1590
1710
1620
1840
- 19. Multiple Choice
What Native American tribe did the Pilgrims form a relationship with?
The Navajo
The Wampanoag
The Cherokee
The Penobscot
- 20. Multiple Choice
What was the name of the Native American that helped the Pilgrims? Why was he able to help them?
Pocahontas and was able to help them because she knew where to hung
Pocahontas and was able to help them because she understood the weather.
Squanto and he was able to help them because he was very old and wise
Squanto and he was able to help them because he could speak English
- 21. Multiple Choice
What did Spain find in North America during the 1500's?
Tin and nickel
Gold and silver
Mercury and copper
Brass and steel
- 22. Multiple Choice
What did the English want when they went to North America?
Wealth and they wanted colonies where people would farm, fish, cut timber, and harvest the other resources of the region.
Gold and silver
They wanted to find farm workers
A different route to get to India
- 23. Multiple Choice
Where did the Pilgrims settle in the 1620s?
Jamestown
Roanoke
Boston
Plymouth
- 24. Multiple Choice
What happened to the English colonies by the 1700s?
They decided to abandon the colonies and go back to England
They stretched from Newfoundland to the Carribean.
They did nothing and just stayed where they were.
They all disappeared.
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