Across
- 2. a: continue to live or exist. Captain John Smith said the colony could not survive unless everyone helped store food for the winter.
- 5. v: to put to death. The rules were so strict under the rule of the new gover-nor, Lord de la Warr, that anyone who broke the rules three times could be
- 8. n: roofing with straw or reed. Many of the earliest houses in Jamestown had thatched roofs.
- 10. v: fill up again. Governor John White, leader of the small colony, decided to leave ubout 100 men, women, and children on the island while he and others sailed back to England to replenish supplies.
- 12. adj: sign of respect. John Smith became an honorary member of the tribe.
Down
- 1. n: one who applies or uses money to make a profit. Like Sir Walter Raleigh, the investors in the Virginia Company hoped to make a lot of money.
- 3. v: to apply or use money to make a profit.
- 4. adj: terrible; extremely bad. After John Smith left, the colonists lived in dire circumstances during the winter.
- 6. adj: roofed with straw or reed.
- 7. n: journey, especially a long one by sea or through space. A group of adventurers successfully made it to Virginia's shores in May 1607, after a dangerous and difficult voyage in which one-third of their original number died.
- 9. n: small scenic representation employing diminutive three-dimensional figures in an illuminated setting. It's possible to make a diorama of Jamestown's first settlement.
- 11. adj: severe or cruel. The earliest adventurers who came to Jamestown had little experience with the harshness of the wilderness.