Alabama Studies Weekly: Past and Present

Why did Juan Ponce de León, Hernando de Soto, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa explore the Americas?

• to make friends with the Native Americans and establish trade routes

• to conquer land for Spain and find treasure

• to find a lost band of Spanish explorers

• to start their own nations

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

• They were all born in the same town.

• They all loved the opera.

• They were all governors.

• None of them were married.

The Cherokee did not live in Alabama.

• True

• False

What were two things that almost completely destroyed some American Indian tribes during the Age of Exploration?

• drought and tornados

• earthquakes and crop failures

• immigration and assimilation

• disease and war

The Cherokee got their meat and clothing from

• bobcat; stoat

• mountain lion; antelope

• turkey; bear

• lemure; manatee

Which area was sacred to the Choctaw?

• the Mother Mound

• the Father Land

• the Cave of Dreams

• the Head of the River

The Chickasaw people spread out during times of

• war

• peace

• celebration

• drought

The Poarch Creek were from which nation?

• Cherokee

• Choctaw

• Muscogee

• Iroquois

The Choctaw did not live in Alabama.

• True

• False

Fill in the blank. The Choctaw settled arguments by playing

• baseball

• cricket

• horseshoes

• stickball