European Explorers

What was Hernando de Soto looking for?

• Native Americans

• Gold

• The Gulf of Mexico

• The Mississippi River Valley

The Native Americans ____________ de Soto and his men.

• made them leave

• welcomed them

• ignored them

• gave them gifts

Why did some of the Native Americans get mad at de Soto?

• He claimed their land.

• De Soto did not give them gifts

• he would not trade with them

• de Soto mistreated them

A French explorer helped the French claim what is now

• Mississippi

• Alabama

• Georgia

• Florida

Robert La Salle was a French explorer who claimed the Mississippi River valley for

• Spain

• Italy

• France

• Britain

The French traded with Native Americans for

• muskets

• furs

• pottery

• blankets

Which statement is NOT true of the British in North America?

• They were interested in the fur trade.

• They had no interest in settling land.

• they wanted to control the Mississippi river.

• They made Native Americans mad.

Which phrase describes the movement of British settlers in North America?

• northward from the Gulf of Mexico

• southward from the Great Lakes region

• westward from the Atlantic coast

• eastward from the Pacific coast

Whom did the British settlers encounter as they moved into the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys?

• Spanish conquistadors

• French fur traders

• American settlers

• British Soldiers

The French and Indian War was known by that name because

• both the French and Native Americans fought on the side of the British

• it was fought between the French and the Native Americans

• The British and French fought against the Native Americans

• many Native Americans fought on the side of the French.