Many Spanish Explorers died from diseases introduced to them by the Native Americans.

Spanish explorers came to the land that would be Alabama to find gold.

The Indians had an advantage over the Europeans because they had tamed horses.

When explorers arrived in Alabama, Native Americans were already living there.

Ponce de Leon named Florida.

Directions: Read each question carefully, and then choose the answer that best fits the question. __________________ wanted to own land and become wealthy.

__________________, a conquistador, explored much of the Deep South looking for gold.

A Native American chief, _________________, refused to give de Soto supplies, so de Soto destroyed his village.

What animal did Spaniards bring with them that scared the Native American Indians?

All the Indian tribes traded _________________ with the Europeans for weapons.

Mobile Bay was discovered by

What was important about Vasco Nunez de Balboa's discovery?

When the Spanish came to the New World, they wanted gold. When the French came to the New World, they wanted to control the fur trade. When the British came to the New World, they wanted

De Soto chose Juan Ortiz to be his interpreter because:

French trading posts were located in forts because:

A treaty is a written agreement.

A tax is money that a government collects from its people.

A colony is a country or area that is ruled by another country.

A trading post is a place where people met to trade goods.