de Soto's Long March

Match the following vocabulary words with their definitions

• protective covering

• Exploit

• sickness

• Disease

• a serious disease that spreads

• Smallpox

• to take unfair advantage of a person

• Pioneer

• first person to settle in a region

• Armor

Why is the Mississippi River the most important river in the United States?

• It flows almost the entire length of the United States.

• It is the prettiest river in the United States.

• All gold and silver is located in the river.

Why might de Soto have considered his expedition a failure?

Name 5 states that de Soto explored in North America

Some European explorers in North America soon began to (a)   the Native Americans

Spanish explorers wore (a)   when fighting the Native Americans.

Many Native Americans died from (a)   after contact with the European explorers.