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Chapter 2
study cards for Chapter 2 Alabama History test
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4th Grade
09/11/2011

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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?
Definition
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 __________
Definition
trading with the indians
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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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Cassette Girls
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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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Alexander McGillivray
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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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station or headquarters
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mission
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traded goods
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barter
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resistance to disease
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immunity
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cultural stories or tales
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oral traditions
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map maker
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cartographer
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high wall around a town
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palisade
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place useful for a strategy
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strategic position
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place where soldiers are stationed for the purpose of defending it
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garrison
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