The Lost Colony and Exploration Test

Where did John White and English colonists sail to in 1587 in order to establish a new settlement in the New World?

• Hatteras Island

• Roanoke Island

• Ocracoke Island

• The Big Island

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

John White was the ______ of The Lost Colony.

• president

• senator

• governor

• mayor

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

How many colonists joined John White on the expedition to the New World?

• 116

• 211

• 161

• 500

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

Why did John White return to England shortly after him and the colonists arrived in the New World?

• The colony needed more supplies.

• The colony needed more people.

• Some colonists got sick and needed to return home.

• Queen Elizabeth called him home to help with the war against Spain.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who was the first English child born in the New World?

• Eleanor Dare

• Virginia Dare

• Elizabeth Dare

• Caroline Dare

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

Why was John White unable to return to the New World?

• There was a war between England and Mexico.

• There was a war between England and America.

• There was a war between England and Ireland.

• There was a war between England and Spain.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

How many years went by before John White was able to return to the colonists in the New World?

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What did John White discover when he returned to Roanoke Island?

• "CRO" carved in a tree and "CROATOAN" carved in a post.

• His colony just where he left them.

• A field of crops.

• The Natives helping the colonists.

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Sir Walter Raleigh asked permission from Queen Elizabeth to send a colony to the New World.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Queen Elizabeth would not allow a single ship to return to the New World until after the war with Spain.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9