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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. They had no metals or flints to work with, only _________.
(a) Stone.
(b) Copper.
(c) Shells.
(d) Bone.

2. What had happened to the person Menendez was looking for?
(a) He had not survived.
(b) He had been severely wounded.
(c) She had not survived.
(d) She had been severely wounded.

3. The ______________ found a group of shipwrecked Spanish on the beach.
(a) Lenape.
(b) Seminoles.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Tekestas.

4. The rains usually end by the end of _________.
(a) May.
(b) March.
(c) April.
(d) June.

5. How are these rivers and creeks formed?
(a) From mountain streams.
(b) From yearly snowfall.
(c) From rain water and springs.
(d) From many hurricanes.

6. Both blacks and Indians had been given freedom and citizenship by Spanish Florida causing problems between Spanish and ___________ America that would continue for more than one hundred years.
(a) Portuguese.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Mexican.

7. He set out with a fleet of ___________ ships and took possession of the territory.
(a) Forty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Thirty.

8. In the end, did Menendez achieve leadership in Florida?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Somewhat.
(d) Mostly.

9. When does another rainy season begin?
(a) June or July.
(b) August or September.
(c) September or October.
(d) July or August.

10. A group led by Captain James Moore moved from ________________ to the Everglades, taking Indians captive for the slave trade.
(a) Virginia.
(b) New York.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Carolina.

11. Colonies were established in various parts of the world as a result of what?
(a) Sea travel.
(b) The railroad.
(c) Air travel.
(d) New roads.

12. The Spanish gave up Florida in exchange for Havana in ____________.
(a) 1736.
(b) 1763.
(c) 1673.
(d) 1637.

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

14. In ____________, the French, under Jean Ribaut, founded a colony at Port Royal, which was north of present day St. Augustine.
(a) 1526.
(b) 1562.
(c) 1265.
(d) 1652.

15. The Seminoles were the Indians of _______________ Florida.
(a) Southern.
(b) Western.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Northern.

Short Answer Questions

1. New technology resulted in navigation equipment like compasses and astrolabes, even though they had few _________.

2. The _______________ settled on the Eastern coast of Southern Florida.

3. Why did many of the Indians die?

4. A thirteen-year-old boy named Escalante de Fonteneda remained with the Indians for how many years?

5. The Age of Exploration began as Europeans looked for a way of reaching what?

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