Early American Indians & Exploration of N.Carolina

Which is not a an early American Indian language group of North Carolina?

• Siouan
• Cherokee
• Algonquian
• Iroquoian

The early  American Indians of NC's coastal plains lived in houses called ______.

• Tidewater
• Wigwam
• Longhouses
• Council Houses

Most of the American Indians who lived in the Piedmont of NC spoke this language.

• Siouan
• Saponi
• Iroquoian
• Algonquian

The American Indians of NC's mountains lived in a house without  ______ during the winter.

• fires
• walls
• windows
• clay

During the winter in the Piedmont of NC, most American Indians gathered food by ________.

• hunting
• fishing
• farming

Who was the first European to reach what is now N.Carolina?

• Columbus
• Verrazano
• De Soto
• John White

A ______ is a journey to learn more about a land.

• Colony
• Ceremony
• Confederation
• Expedition

Who led a group of colonists to Roanoke Island in 1587?

• Ralph Lane
• Sir Walter Raleigh
• John White
•  Sir Francis Drake

John White returned to England to gather more supplies for Roanoke. What kept him in England for 3 years?

• England's ships were in use while they were at war with Spain.
• He was asked to set up a new colony in the new world.
• He was imprisoned by Spanish pirates.
• He had a baby and needed to take care of it.

When White returned to Roanoke in 1590, what did he find?

• That the colonists had built a successful colony.
• The colonists were in the middle of a war with the American Indians.
• The colonists were gone without much a trace.
• Colonists who had died washed up along the shore.