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Why did the Spanish explorers come to the New World?
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Juan Ortiz was chosen to be De Soto's interpreter because
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he hunted and killed many Natives.
he had been born as a Native and spoke their language.
he converted many Natives to Christianity.
he was a captive of the Natives and spoke their language.
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Why did the Spanish explorers come to the New World?
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Juan Ortiz was chosen to be De Soto's interpreter because
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Why did De Soto take Tuscaloosa hostage?
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What helped the Spanish win the Battle of Maubila?
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After his death, De Soto was buried in the Mississippi River to ______________________________.
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Tristen de Luna did not find the large Indian towns described by De Soto's men because ____________________.
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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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Two good places to build a fort or town are: ____________________.
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The Indians in Alabama were divided into the _________________________ nations.
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Resistance to disease
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Traded goods
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Map maker
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A wall made of tall wooden poles to protect a village from enemies
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A place useful for strategy
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station or headquarters
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Soldiers stationed in a place to protect it
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Passing stories or tales by word of mouth from generation to generation
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Capital of Alabama
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Alabama state bird
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City that is world famous for space and rocket research
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Can be compared to the crust of a deep dish pizza that stretches from northern Alabama up through Tennessee and farther.
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Important seaport city, where many goods are imported and exported
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Keep all citizens in state safe, make sure laws are carried out
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Occupies most of northern Alabama, has mountains that range from 400 feet to over 1,000 feet above sea level, and contains the Highland Rim
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Area with falls and rapids in the streams that flow from Appalachian Area to the Coastal Plain
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Located in the Lower Coastal Plain
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Most of Alabama's mountains located here
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Region of the Deep South with the highest concentration of slaves. The "Black belt" emerged in the nineteenth century as cotton production became more profitable and slavery expanded south and west.
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Highland Rim, Piedmont Region, Ridge and Valley Region, Cumberland Plateau
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Alabama's highest point
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year Alabama became a state
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First governor of Alabama
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Body of water that forms part of Alabama's border with Georgia
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grayish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton, Insect with a monument in Enterprise, Alabama
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Scientist, born a slave, who invented peanut butter and hundreds of other uses for peanuts
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The largest city in Alabama and one of the crucial areas in the Civil Rights Movement. A Freedom Bus was attacked here and led to end of Freedom Rides.
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What 4 groups were helpful to the settlers when they were in a war against the Red Sticks?
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What groups were the Creek nation divided into?
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What did the Treaty of Paris do at the end of the Revolutionary War?
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What did Benjamin Hawkins want for the Creek Indians?
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Who settled the Vine and Olive Company?
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Cherokee leader who devised an alphabet for his people
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Choctaw chief who helped the Americans during the Creek War
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Also known as "Red Eagle". He fought vs. Native Americans in the War of 1812.
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defeated the Creeks at Horseshoe Bend
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Creek chief who made treaties with Spanish and Americans
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a famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813); wanted Creek Indians to keep the traditions and ways of their people
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Where were Native Americans forced to relocate during what is known as the Trail of Tears?
