The Everglades: River of Grass Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Everglades: River of Grass Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Broward became governor in __________, they again tried to drain the Everglades.
(a) 1925.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1915.

2. In __________, the Everglades became a national park.
(a) 1937.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1957.

3. When the Indians attacked ______________ Key, Perrine was killed but his wife and children escaped.
(a) Big Pine.
(b) Indian.
(c) Largo.
(d) Biscayne.

4. The University began in ___________ and grew.
(a) A bank.
(b) A hotel.
(c) An old public school building.
(d) A warehouse.

5. This was the _________ big archaeological find in the Everglades and provided knowledge about the prehistoric Glades people.
(a) First.
(b) Only.
(c) Second.
(d) Third.

6. There has been a change in the demographics of the population with an inflow of _______________ families.
(a) Younger working.
(b) Older working.
(c) Older upper class.
(d) Younger upper class.

7. When the cattle became infested with ticks, they blamed what for carrying ticks?
(a) The deer.
(b) The Indians.
(c) The alligators.
(d) The blacks.

8. In 1947, South Florida experienced ________ hurricanes and as a result, there were demands for flood control.
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

9. Eventually Billy Bowlegs and others were offered money to leave Florida. Where did they go after they accepted the money?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Baton Rouge.

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

11. The __________ industry in the area contributed to Lake Okeechobee's pollution.
(a) Sweets.
(b) Beef.
(c) Dairy.
(d) Grain.

12. George Merrick designed the plans for the city to be called _________ Gables.
(a) Coral.
(b) High.
(c) Shining.
(d) Green.

13. Cattle country developed west of _____________.
(a) Callaway.
(b) Clewiston.
(c) Cedar Key.
(d) Cape Coral.

14. There was a ___________________ epidemic after the Spanish American war.
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Scarlet.
(c) Pel-Ebstein.
(d) Typhoid.

15. Why did the rowing of the answer to 164 become more important in 1960?
(a) After Fidel Castro's 1960 sugar embargo.
(b) After the invention of the cotton gin in 1798.
(c) After the Midwestern Corn Embargo of 1876.
(d) After the grain embargo of 1980.

Short Answer Questions

1. The area south of ___________________ was successfully growing fruits.

2. How did the Indians make a living?

3. When did the Army move out of Florida?

4. The survivors were taken to _________________ while the Indians retreated into the Everglades.

5. Several canals were dug and the price of land _____________.

(see the answer keys)

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