Lesson 6 Social Studies: Early English Settlements

Choose the correct vocabulary word:

A small community created by settlers in a new territory.​ (a)  

• settlement
• monarchy
• federation
• colonist

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A form of government where the citizens elect the leaders to make decisions on their behalf.​ (a)  

• democratic
• monarchy
• Mayflower Compact
• representative government

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A person who settles in a colony.​ (a)  

• colonist
• settlement
• democratic
• Pilgrim

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A form of government in which the ruler is a king or queen.​ (a)  

• monarchy
• settlement
• democratic
• tribe

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A set of rules written by the Pilgrims to help them live together peacefully.​ (a)  

• Mayflower Compact
• Peace Treaty
• Plymouth
• representative government

Match each settlement with its definition.

• Jamestown

• the first permanent English colony in America, located in Virginia and named after King James I

• Roanoke

• a place in Massachusetts where Pilgrims settled

• Plymouth

• an island off the coast of North Carolina that became the first English Settlement

Put these early English settlements in order from earliest (FIRST) to latest (LAST)

• JAMESTOWN

• PLYMOUTH

• ROANOKE

Why was Roanoke called the "lost" colony?

• Everyone got lost on the way to Roanoke.

• They forgot to give it a name, so it was called 'lost.'

• Everyone there went back to England.

• All of the colonists vanished.

What delayed Captain John White's return to Roanoke?

• A war between England and Spain.

• He got injured in a gunpowder explosion.

• A trip to Jamestown colony.

• He joined an American Indian tribe.

What helped the Pilgrims survive after the first difficult winter?

• England sent supplies and food to help them survive.

• Squanto helped teach the Pilgrims to hunt, fish, and farm.

• A few skilled farmers were sent from England to come help.