1. Roanoke Colonies Test Review
TEST: Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Mr. Heath
Blue Creek Elementary School

2. English sea captain who raided Spanish ships for England and was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe.
Sir Francis Drake

3. English adventurer who sent two groups of colonists to Roanoke Island.
Sir Walter Raleigh

4. These two explorers were sent by Sir Walter Raleigh to find a good place to start a colony in North America.
Amadas and Barlowe

5. Governor of the first colony on Roanoke Island.
Ralph Lane

6. Two Algonquian Indians who traveled back to England and visited Queen Elizabeth.
Manteo and Wanchese

7. First English child born in America. Granddaughter to John White.
Virginia Dare (born on Roanoke Island in August of 1587)

8. Governor of the “Lost Colony”.
John White

9. Much of what we know today about the Algonquian Indians comes from this explorer’s watercolor paintings.
John White

10. What two mistakes caused problems for the John White colony on Roanoke Island?
They arrived too late to plant crops
They did not learn from the Native Americans how to gather food from the forest.

11. Why did John White return to England?
To get needed supplies for the colony

12. Why did it take John White three years to return from England?
England was at war with Spain and needed his ship to defend against an invasion by the Spanish Armada (Navy).

13. What clues were left behind on Roanoke Island?
All the colonists had disappeared.
The fort was in shambles.
Buried chests were dug up and broken open
The letters CRO and the word CROATOAN was carved on stockade post and tree.
No cross was found (The colonists had been instructed to carve a cross into a tree or post if they were in trouble)

14. List Theories of What Happened to the Lost Colonists.
They were attacked by Spanish.
They were attacked by Croatoan Indians.
They joined Croatoan Indians.
They moved to Croatan Island (Now Hatteras Island)
They were all killed by Chief Powhatan (Pocahontas’ father).