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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first to reach Florida?
(a) John Cabot.
(b) Jim Carrey.
(c) Johnson Charles.
(d) Jacques Corbet.

2. Both blacks and Indians had been given freedom and citizenship by Spanish Florida causing problems between Spanish and ___________ America that would continue for more than one hundred years.
(a) Portuguese.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Mexican.

3. What happened to one of the priests?
(a) He became lost.
(b) He was tortured.
(c) He became ill.
(d) He was killed.

4. Boats frequently left ____________ for Florida and the Indians would wait for them.
(a) Havana.
(b) St. George's.
(c) Oranjestad.
(d) Nassau.

5. Why did many of the Indians die?
(a) As a result of the diseases of the white man.
(b) As a result of malnourishment.
(c) As a result of war.
(d) As a result of stress and fear caused by the white man.

6. The French and _____________ had established settlements in the Americas.
(a) Portuguese.
(b) Dutch.
(c) German.
(d) British.

7. The French were eventually chased out by _________________________ who eventually came to control Florida.
(a) Menendez de Ramírez.
(b) Menendez de López.
(c) Menendez de García.
(d) Menendez de Aviles.

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

9. Why did Carlos send another relative and two young Indians to Havana?
(a) To secure his place as leader of Cuba.
(b) To bring Menendez back to him.
(c) To be converted.
(d) To buy him land.

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

11. 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.

12. This rock structure is referred to as the Floridian ____________.
(a) Plate.
(b) Platelet.
(c) Plantar.
(d) Plateau.

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

14. During Ponce de Leon's ____________ voyage, he reached what he thought was an island that he named La Florida.
(a) 1523.
(b) 1513.
(c) 1533.
(d) 1503.

15. Carlos gave who to be the wife of Menendez?
(a) His niece.
(b) His mother.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His sister.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. These people are believed to have arrived in the Everglades around ________ AD.

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

4. The ______________ found a group of shipwrecked Spanish on the beach.

5. How are these rivers and creeks formed?

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