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Alabama Studies Week 4

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did Ponce de León name the land he found “La Florida”?

a)

The sand was red and florid.

b)

He had a niece named Florida.

c)

He wanted to honor his hometown.

d)

The land was full of flowers.

2.

1.       Which was the only Spanish explorer in this article to not die during his explorations?

a)

Ponce de León

b)

De Soto

c)

Balboa

d)

Cortez

3.

What story led Balboa toward the Isthmus of Panama?

a)

a fountain that would make someone young forever

b)

a city so rich, its citizens ate off gold plates

c)

a civilization that had flying horses

d)

a river that turned everything it touched to silver

4.

Where did the Cherokee not live during the Age of Exploration?

a)

Alabama

b)

Tennessee

c)

Georgia

d)

South Carolina

5.

According to this article, the roles of Cherokee men were:

a)

farmers and gatherers

b)

hunters and protectors

c)

counselors and healers

d)

tool and clothing makers

6.

When a woman and a man married, where did they live?

a)

in a new house built for them

b)

in the council house

c)

in the woman’s family’s house

d)

in the man’s family’s house

7.

What were the main crops the Choctaw grew?

a)

barley, wheat, and spelt

b)

corn, beans, and squash

c)

apples, pears, and cherries

d)

carrots, cabbage, and radishes

8.

How did the Choctaw build their houses?

a)

animal hides stretched around poles

b)

dugouts in the side of a hill

c)

large timber structures

d)

frames of wood covered with mud

9.

How did the Choctaw sometimes resolve intertribal conflict?

a)

a dance competition

b)

a duel between the two strongest warriors

c)

a game of stickball

d)

a foot race

10.

Who was the first European to encounter North Carolina tribes?

a)

Ponce de León

b)

Hernando de Soto

c)

Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca

d)

Pedro de Castañeda de Najera

11.

What caused many tribes to disappear?

a)

disease

b)

drought

c)

crop failure

d)

wild animals

12.

When was the Yamasee War?

a)

1711

b)

1715

c)

1861

d)

1992

13.

What did the Chickasaw make clothing out of?

a)

flax

b)

cotton

c)

animal skins

d)

wool

14.

In the Chickasaw religion, where did the supreme being live?

a)

in the river

b)

on a brighter Earth

c)

in every leaf of every tree

d)

above the clouds

15.

Why did the Chickasaw play stickball?

a)

to impress a future spouse

b)

to improve as warriors

c)

to decide who would lead the tribe that year

d)

to honor holidays

16.

The Poarch Creek are a part of which group?

a)

the Chickasaw

b)

the Muscogee

c)

the Cherokee

d)

the Choctaw

17.

This act passed by Congress called for thousands of American Indians of various tribes to be forcibly removed from their ancestral homelands to Indian Territory.

a)
Trail of Tears Act
b)
Native American Displacement Act
c)
Indian Resettlement Act
d)

Indian Removal Act

18.

The forced journey to Oklahoma is commonly referred to as what?

a)
Trail of Tears
b)
Journey of Despair
c)
Path of Sorrow
d)
Oklahoma Trail
19.

Why was there tension between the white settlers and the American Indians in the Southeast United States?

a)

They were competing for the same imported goods.

b)

The American Indians were trying to keep their farming techniques secret from the white settlers.

c)

Both groups wanted to use the land.

d)

The price of beaver pelts had gone up.

20.

What battle took place before the Creek War began?

a)

Fort Mims Massacre

b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)

Battle of Horseshoe Bend

d)

Battle of Burnt Corn Creek

21.

The Cherokee did not live in Alabama.

a)

True

b)

False

22.
  1. After the Red Sticks were defeated at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, many of the warriors and their families died of starvation, exposure to weather. Many surrendered, while others joined the _____________ in Florida. 

a)
Seminole
b)
Creek
c)
Choctaw
d)
Cherokee