Chapter 6 Jeopardy
Early Settlements
Early Settlements Jeopardy
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Plymouth
Roanoke
Jamestown
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Small communities that are
started in a new place.
• What are settlements?
Who are colonists?
• People who settle in colonies
A plant whose leaves are dried
and turned into material for
smoking, sniffing, or chewing. It
was helpful in the success of
Jamestown?
• What is tobacco?
What is the river located at the
star?
• What is the St. Lawrence River?
What is the colony located at
the star?
• What is Jamestown?
What is the colony located at
the star?
• What is Plymouth?
Why was the settlement of
Plymouth started?
• What is religious freedom?
What was the agreement the
Pilgrims signed that allowed
them to live peacefully
together?
• What is the Mayflower Compact?
The first winter for the Pilgrims
was difficult. Why did so many
of them die?
• What is cold and harsh climate and they
landed too late to plant crops?
Who helped the Pilgrims plant
corn, catch fish, and get sweet
syrup from maple trees?
• Who is Squanto?
What present day state was
Plymouth located in?
• What is Massachusetts?
Name two reasons the settlers at
Plymouth left Europe.
• What is religious freedom and what is a
separate church from the Church of
England?
Name the first settlement in the
New World.
• What is Roanoke?
Roanoke is known as…
• What is the ‘lost colony’?
When John White returned from
England and all the settlers had
disappeared, what was the word
carved on a gatepost?
• What is CROATOAN?
Roanoke is located off the coast
of what present day state?
• What is South Carolina
Why couldn’t John White get
back to Roanoke right away
with supplies?
• What is England was fighting a war with
Spain?
What country sent a group of
men to start a colony in
Roanoke?
• What is England?
Who was Jamestown named in
honor of?
• Who is King James?
What present day state is
Jamestown in?
• What is Virginia?
What were the settlers hoping to
find in the colony?
• What is finding natural riches like gold or
making money.
What is known as ‘Virginia’s gold’
and brought settlers to
Jamestown?
• What is tobacco?
There were several reasons for
Jamestown not surviving the first
few months. List them.
• What is they built it on a marsh, the water
was dirty and salty, and mosquitoes
carried a disease called malaria?
1609-1910 was known as ‘Starving
Time.’ What were the settlers
forced to do during this time?
• What is they were forced to eat horses
and dogs?