Alabama Studies Week 4

Front

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

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The land was full of flowers.

Front

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

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Balboa

Front

What story led Balboa toward the Isthmus of Panama? Options: a fountain that would make someone young forever, a city so rich, its citizens ate off gold plates, a civilization that had flying horses, a river that turned everything it touched to silver

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a city so rich, its citizens ate off gold plates

Front

Where did the Cherokee not live during the Age of Exploration? Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina

Back

Alabama

Front

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

Back

hunters and protectors

Front

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

Back

in the woman’s family’s house

Front

What were the main crops the Choctaw grew?

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corn, beans, and squash

Front

How did the Choctaw build their houses? Options: animal hides stretched around poles, dugouts in the side of a hill, large timber structures, frames of wood covered with mud

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frames of wood covered with mud

Front

How did the Choctaw sometimes resolve intertribal conflict? Options: a dance competition, a duel between the two strongest warriors, a game of stickball, a foot race

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a game of stickball

Front

Who was the first European to encounter North Carolina tribes?

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Hernando de Soto