Alabama History Early Explorers

The European explorers came in search of ___________

• slaves

• oil

• wealth

• answers

In _______ Columbus sailed the Ocean blue. In search of a trade route to India.

• 1000

• 1212

• 2022

• 1492

The ______________ or Norsemen sailed to what is now Canada in the year 1000. They returned 2 years later after they lost intrest in the new land.

• Vikings

• Pilgrims

• Orphans

• Patriots

This conquistidor came in search of gold and the Fountain of Youth, but instead discovered what is now named Florida.

• Christopher Columbus

• Mary Massingail

• The Cassette Girls

• Ponce de Leon

True or False. When the explorers arrived in what is now Alabama, the Native Americans were already living there.

• true

• false

What animal did the Spanish Explorers bring with them that scared the Native Americans?

• deer

• horses

• pigs

• chickens

The Indian tribes traded __________ with the Europeans for weapons.

• fur and animal skins

• beads

• oyster shells

• stories

____________ was the tall Native American chief who REFUSED to give DeSoto supplies, so DeSoto destroyed his village

• Squanto

• Chickasagaboo

• Tuskaloosa

• Red Stick

A place where people meet to trade goods

• trading post

• colony

• country

• village

An area ruled by another country.

• fort

• valley

• village

• colony