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Why did the Spanish explorers come to the New World? |
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They were looking for gold. |
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Juan Ortiz was chosen to be De Soto's interpreter because? |
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He could speak both Spanish and the native Indian languages. |
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Why did De Soto take Tuskaloosa hostage? |
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He refuse to give the Spanish food and men to carry their supplies. |
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What helped the Spanish win the Battle of Maubila? |
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The indians arrows and spears could not pierce the quilted garments and armor of the Spanish. |
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After his death, De soto was buried in the Mississippi? |
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Keep the indians from finding his body |
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Tristan de Luna did not find the large Indian twons described by De Soto's men because_______ |
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the inhabitants had died from diseases brought over by the Europeans. |
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The French who landed near Mobile were interested in __________ |
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The _____________ were young women who came from France to marry soldiers and make new homes in the settlement of Mobile. |
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The French built forts in Alabama because they wanted to |
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increase their influence over the indians and improve trade |
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Two good places to build a fort or town are |
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at the confluence of two rivers or alond the fall line |
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An important leader of the Creek Indians |
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The Indians in Alabama were divided into what nations |
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Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Choctaw |
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cultural stories or tales |
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place useful for a strategy |
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place where soldiers are stationed for the purpose of defending it |
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