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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There was talk of legendary islands west of what country?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Spain.

2. The man who dredged the first canal purchased four ___________ acres of swamp land west of Lake Okeechobee.
(a) Million.
(b) Billion.
(c) Trillion.
(d) Thousand.

3. When did the Army move out of Florida?
(a) Before war began.
(b) After the peace.
(c) After the Spanish-American War.
(d) After WWI.

4. After the passage of the ___________________, the Everglades came under the control of the state of Florida.
(a) Swamp Lands Act of 1850.
(b) Everglades Act of 1860.
(c) Tropics Act of 1840.
(d) Florida Act of 1870.

5. People moved into the Everglades. How did they live with the Indians?
(a) In separate, guarded communities.
(b) Peacefully for only a couple of years.
(c) Not well.
(d) Peacefully.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Spanish priests continued to try to do what?

2. The first group of Indians were the _________ and they settled the area between the Ten Thousand Islands and Cape Sable.

3. There was a ___________________ epidemic after the Spanish American war.

4. The lives of the Indians were also changing as they adapted more modern ways, especially who?

5. The Indians who settled in Florida came from west of the Mississippi and spoke what language?

(see the answer key)

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