AL Studies Weekly Week 4 Assessment

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

• to befriend Native Americans and establish trade routes

• to conquer lands for Spain and find treasures

• to find a lost band of Spanish explorers

• to start their own nations

What is a similarity shared by Ponce de León, de Soto, and Balboa?

• They were all born in the same city.

• They all loved opera.

• They were all governors.

• None of them were married.

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

• drought and tornadoes

• earthquakes and crop failures

• immigration and assimilation

• diseases and war

The Cherokee did not live in Alabama.

• True

• False

The Cherokee obtained their meat and clothing from ________ and ________.

• lynx; ermine

• mountain lion; antelope

• turkey; bear

• lemur; manatee

Which area was sacred to the Choctaw?

• the Mother Mound

• the Father's Land

• the Cave of Dreams

• the Head of the River

The Chickasaw people dispersed during times of ________.

• drought

• flood

• peace

• war

Which nation were the Poarch Creek from?

• Cherokee

• Choctaw

• Muscogee

• Iroquois

Andrew Jackson and the Muscogee signed a treaty that gave land to European settlers.

• True

• False

Fill in the blank. The Choctaw resolved disputes by playing ___________.

• stickball

• chess

• checkers

• soccer