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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Age of Exploration began as Europeans looked for a way of reaching what?
(a) Asia.
(b) The Americas.
(c) Africa.
(d) India.

2. Rock lies below the water of Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades. The rock is ________________ and is usually not exposed unless there is a drought.
(a) Limestone.
(b) Igneous.
(c) Granite.
(d) Marble.

3. How long does the rain last?
(a) For three or four hours.
(b) For two or three hours.
(c) For an hour or two.
(d) For four or five hours.

4. They began to hypothesize that the world was what?
(a) Rectangular.
(b) Round.
(c) Square.
(d) Flat.

5. New technology resulted in navigation equipment like compasses and astrolabes, even though they had few _________.
(a) Navigators.
(b) Maps.
(c) Discoveries.
(d) Scientists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Their homes were built on ________________ and consisted of platforms and roofs.

2. The maps they made contained many errors. Why?

3. This rock structure is referred to as the Floridian ____________.

4. The ______________ settled around the great central lake.

5. There are rivers and other small creeks that flow into what lake?

(see the answer key)

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