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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VII and IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For the next __________ hundred years, the Indians of Florida were left alone.
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

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

3. Menendez, who was looking for ___________, found his party held captive by Chief Carlos.
(a) His son.
(b) His wife.
(c) His brother.
(d) His daughter.

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

5. In 1492, Spain sponsored an expedition by Admiral Christopher Columbus who would sail west to reach _________.
(a) North America.
(b) Asia.
(c) Africa.
(d) South America.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Menendez renamed the woman Dona ______________.

3. When Menendez explained he could not be with a non-Christian woman, Carlos said to do what?

4. How long does the rain last?

5. The French and _____________ had established settlements in the Americas.

(see the answer key)

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