- Before the attempt by John White and the settlers who accompanied him to establish a colony on Roanoke Island, there had been ...
Your answer:
one other attempt to establish a colony.
no other attempts to establish a colony.
one other attempt after the bears blew a 20 point lead.
two other attempts to establish a colony.
- The colonists called their settlement on Roanoke Island ...
Your answer:
the City of Raleigh
Robeson
the Lost Colony of Roanoke
the twighlight zone
- After only a few weeks on Roanoke Island, the colonists realized that they ...
Your answer:
could not grow crops in the poor soil of the island
forgot to bring their homework to class
did not want to be led by John White
did not have enough food to last the winter
- Governor John White returned to Roanoke Island after an absence of about ...
Your answer:
1 week, 4 days, and 23 hours
three years
two years
four years
- John White believed the message carved in a tree on Roanoke Island ...
Your answer:
had been put there by Bill Gates
told where he could find the settlers
had been carved by Spanish Pirates
was a danger signal
- The last search for the Roanoke colonists took place in ...
Your answer:
1607
1588
1492
1602
- One result of the widespread belief that the Roanoke colonists had been captured and enslaved by unfriendly Indians was that ...
Your answer:
war broke out between the Indians and the English.
England refused to colonize America for more than 150 years.
the English did not try to set up other colonies in America for more than 10 years.
none of these.
- One theory explaining the disappearance of the Roanoke colonists holds that they . . .
Your answer:
became part of the Croatoan tribe of Indians.
fled to the Dutch colonbies north of Roanoke Island.
were captured by Portuguese traders.
vanished after losing to the Bills in overtime.
- A study completed in 1935 revealed that . . .
Your answer:
John White had been captured by the Indians.
about 12,000 Indians in North Carolina spoke an old form of English.
many Indian family names were the same as those of several English Pirates.
the indians defeated the pirates in the world series.
- The evidence provided by researchers and by a 1935 study . . .
Your answer:
none of these.
does not conclusively prove a direct link between the Croatoan Indians and the Lost Colonists.
proves beyond a doubt that the Croatoan Indians knew William Shakespeare.
proves that the Croatoan Indians are the direct descendants of the Lost Colonists.
- The Roanoke colonists attempted to establish the first permanent ____ colony in North America.
Your answer:
Russian
English
French
Dutch
- At the time of the Roanoke colonists' disappearance, _______ was the ruler of England.
Your answer:
Sir Walter Raleigh
Virginia Dare
John White
Elizabeth I
- A wealthy English noble, ______ supported the establishment of colonies in America.
Your answer:
John White
Alfred E. Neuman
Sir Walter Raleigh
Robeson
- Governor John White's granddaughter, _______, was the first person born of English parents in America.
Your answer:
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth I
Virginia Dare
Madonna
- The last English person to see the Roanoke colonists alive was . . .
Your answer:
President Bush
Hopewell
Sir Walter Raleigh
John White
- The _____ was an invasion force that was determined to conquer England in 1588.
Your answer:
Beatles
Spanish Armada
Hopewell
Devil's Traingle
- In ____ John White returned to Roanoke Island and discovered that his family and the entire colony had disappeared.
Your answer:
1590
1587
1602
1949
- Governor John White's ship, the _____, had to be refitted after it lost all its anchors during a fierce tropical storm.
Your answer:
Hopewell
Robeson
Chicago Bears
Spanish Armada
- The area of ocean southeast of the present-day state of North Carolina is known as the graveyard of the Atlantic, or the . . .
Your answer:
Central Division
Robeson
Devil's Triangle
Hopewell
- The area of North Carolina where a 1935 study uncovered a group of Indians who spoke the kind of English that was spoken in England during the late 1500's was ______ county.
Your answer:
Devil's Triangle
Hopewell
DuPage
Robeson
- Website(s) where you can find more school information . . .
Your answer:
www.aSliceOfPi.com
www.itasca.com/school
all of these
www.ShowYourClass.com