Early Settlements

Which was the first Early English Settlement?

• Plymouth
• Jamestown
• Roanoke

Which settlement was located in modern day Cape Cod?

• Roanoke 
• Plymouth
• Jamestown

Which group of people wanted to found a colony because of their search for religious freedom?

• The Virginia Company 
• Sir Walter Raleigh's followers
• Pilgrims 

Which crop became an important cash crop for the Jamestown settlers?

• Cotton 
• Tobacco
• Corn

The pilgrims sailed to North America on which ship?

• Mayflower
• Santa Maria
• Pinta

Was the Roanoke Colony was the first lasting colony?

• yes
• no, it was the first lost colony

The people of Jamestown went through a difficult winter. It was known as the ____________ time. 

• happy
• starving
• hungry

A settlement is a 

• small, newly built community
• place ruled by another country
• group of people who travel together
• town whose residents agree to govern themselves

What delayed Captain John White's return to Roanoke?

• war between England and Spain
• a trip to another settlement
• a need to raise money to repair ships
• a jail sentence for his actions in Virginia

Why is Roanoke called the "lost colony"?

• John White could not find his way back to it.
• It lost a contest with Jamestown.
• Everyone went back to England.
• All the settlers disappeared.