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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The area receives an average of ________________ inches of rainfall per year.
(a) Fifty-five.
(b) Forty-five.
(c) Sixty-five.
(d) Thirty-five.

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

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

4. The maps they made contained many errors. Why?
(a) They did not find maps to be of much importance.
(b) They were very careless.
(c) They did not have the precision instruments required to correctly determine latitude and longitude.
(d) They were not very intelligent.

5. The Indians who settled in Florida came from west of the Mississippi and spoke what language?
(a) Cherokee.
(b) Muskogean.
(c) Lenape.
(d) Delaware.

Short Answer Questions

1. He reached ____________ and felt that his final destination was just beyond.

2. During Ponce de Leon's ____________ voyage, he reached what he thought was an island that he named La Florida.

3. How are these rivers and creeks formed?

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

5. The Indians were descended from ________________.

(see the answer key)

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