Early English Settlements History Quiz

Which English colony vanished (disappeared) without a trace?

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• New Amsterdam

John White left Roanoke to go back to England for more supplies and people.

• True

• False

What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?

• England wanted to make money from the colonists.

• England wanted the colonists to be rich and free.

• England wanted to establish religious freedom.

• England wanted to improve colonial defense.

John White came back to find Roanoke a busy and successful colony.

• True

• False

Which of the following words was carved into a post and was the only clue found in Roanoke?

• Aliens

• Zombies

• Vampires

• Croatoan

John White sailed to the Croatoan Island twice to look for the colonists but failed due to stormy weather.

• True

• False

One hundred seventeen settlers were part of the first Roanoke Colony.

• True

• False

The main purpose of the Roanoke expedition was ......

• to find riches in the New World

• to set up a base for attacking Spain

• to spread Christianity

• to start a sugar plantation

The Jamestown Colonists succeeded in establishing the first permanent English settlement.

• True

• False

John Ratcliffe appointed _______ to trade with the Native Americans and manage all things outdoors.

• Jon Bon Jovi

• John Hancock

• John Smith

• John Rolfe