Studies Weekly Week 4

Why did Juan Ponce de Leon, Hernando de Soto, and Vasco Nunez de Balboa explore the Americas?

• to make friends with the Indians

• to conquer land for Spain and find treasure

• to start their own nations

What is one similarity Ponce d Leon, de Soto, and Balboa all share?

• They were all governors

• They all loved the Opera

• They were all born in the same town

What were two things that almost completely destroyed some American Indian tribes during?

• drought and tornadoes

• disease and war

• earthquakes and crop failure

True or False: The Cherokee did not live in Alabama.

• True

• False

The Cherokee got their meat and clothing from _____ and ______.

• bobcat; stoat

• mountain lion; antelope

• turkey; bear

Which area was sacred to the Choctaw?

• the Mother Mound

• the Father Land

• the Cave of Dreams

The Chickasaw people spread out during times of _______.

• war

• peace

• drought

The Poarch Creek were from which nation?

• Cherokee

• Choctaw

• Muscogee