Question
Joachim Gans, the first recorded Jewish settler in North America, was one of many residents of this colony who left in 1586 due to food shortages. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this mysterious “lost colony” founded on a namesake island in North Carolina, intended to be the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
ANSWER: Roanoke (“ROE-uh-NOAK”) colony
[10m] After returning to Roanoke with supplies in 1590, John White’s expedition discovered this word carved into a palisade. This word may have meant the colonists fled to a neighboring island and joined its namesake tribe.
ANSWER: Croatoan (“kroh-ah-TOE-an”)
[10h] Roanoke was earlier abandoned by Ralph Lane, who left with the help of this man. This man later claimed parts of modern California that he named New Albion.
ANSWER: Sir Francis Drake
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Purdue A | Notre Dame A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |