English in Virginia Vocabulary Quiz

A North Carolina island located between Pamlico Sound and Albemarle Sound.  Site of the first English colony.

• Roanoke Island

• Eastern Shore

• Jamestown

• Virginia Company of London

The first permanent English settlement in North America, built in 1607 on James River.

• Roanoke Island

• Jamestown

• Yorktown

• England

King of England who ruled from 1603-1625.  Jamestown was named after him. In 1624 he made Jamestown a royal colony.

• Queen Elizabeth

• Captain John Smith

• James I

• Sir Walter Raleigh

Commander of the voyage to settle Jamestown in 1606.  He made 4 more supply voyages to the colony, helping Jamestown survive.

• Sir Humphrey Gilbert

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• Captain John Smith

• Captain Christopher Newport

Soldier, mapmaker, adventurer, and writer. A strong leader in early Jamestown, he was injured and returned home in 1609.

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• Captain Christopher Newport

• Sir Humphrey Gilbert

• Captain John Smith

An English explorer who planned to start colonies in North America.  He claimed Newfoundland, but he drowned when his ship sank in a storm.

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• Captain John Smith

• Sir Humphrey Gilbert

• Sir Richard Grenville

Queen of England from 1558 until 1603 who made England an important power.  The name Virginia comes from her nickname.

• Queen Terry

• Queen Elizabeth

• King James I

• Virginia Company of London

Soldier, writer, and favorite of Queen Elizabeth I. From 1585-1589 he tried to colonize Roanoke Island.  He named the land Virginia to flatter the Queen.

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• Captain John Smith

• Sir Richard Grenville

• Sir Humphrey Gilbert

English navy commander under Sir Walter Raleigh.  His ships carried settlers to Roanoke Island in 1585.  Despite his efforts to supply them, the hungry settlers left Roanoke.

• Sir Richard Grenville

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• Sir Humphrey Gilbert

• Captain Christopher Newport

A settlement of people in a new land or territory who remain loyal to their home nation.

• Share

• Council

• Charter

• Colony