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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the explorers reached Mexico and its riches, only ________________ was interested in Florida.
(a) Vadino Vivaldi.
(b) Juan Ponce de Leon.
(c) Marco Polo.
(d) Giovanni de Plano Carpini.

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

4. ___________________ was established by Bowman F. Ashe who became its president.
(a) The University of South Florida.
(b) The University of Miami.
(c) Florida Atlantic University.
(d) Florida State University.

5. Towns formed along _____________ Florida East Coast Railroad.
(a) Disston's.
(b) Flagler's.
(c) Douglas'.
(d) Plant's.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Civil War ended slavery, it also ended what?

2. The man who dredged the first canal purchased four ___________ acres of swamp land west of Lake Okeechobee.

3. The Everglades still has problems, as does the rest of the area, because of what?

4. By ___________, the government was told that Disston would not be able to drain all of the Everglades.

5. __________ was the first to recover with a myriad of new hotels.

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