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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was given the governorship of Cuba and Florida by the Spanish king?
(a) Hernando de Soto.
(b) Francisco de Soto.
(c) Juan de Soto.
(d) Jose de Soto.

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

3. ________ hundred people followed him and lived in the commune he established.
(a) Eight.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

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

5. 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) Marble.
(b) Granite.
(c) Igneous.
(d) Limestone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maps drawn in the early ______________ suggested the existence of Cuba, Jamaica, the Bahamas, and Florida, but they were wrong in their estimated distances.

2. On the East coast, they boiled the flesh from the bones, tied the bones together and added them to what?

3. __________________ explored the archaeological aspects of the Everglades finding many artifacts.

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

5. ____________ Taylor was in charge of Florida and the government's Indian policy.

(see the answer key)

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