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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Florida, Menendez asked Carlos if he was prepared to do what?
(a) Marry.
(b) Become a Christian.
(c) Leave Florida.
(d) Die.

2. The first group of Indians were the _________ and they settled the area between the Ten Thousand Islands and Cape Sable.
(a) Jeaga.
(b) Tekesta.
(c) Mayaimi.
(d) Calusa.

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

4. In ___________, America purchased Florida from the Spanish.
(a) 1808.
(b) 1828.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1798.

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

6. A young nobleman named ________________ was rescued by an Indian maiden and lived among the Indians.
(a) Manuel Pessanha.
(b) Prester John.
(c) Juan Ortiz.
(d) Afonso IV.

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

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

9. The Indians would be subdued if they refused to do what?
(a) Fight against the Spanish.
(b) Move farther south.
(c) Become Christians and submit to the Spanish king.
(d) Move farther west.

10. Did Carlos release the captives?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Yes, but he soon caught them again.
(d) Yes, but not for several months.

11. The Indians were descended from ________________.
(a) Indians.
(b) Russians.
(c) Africans.
(d) Mongolians.

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

13. He reached ____________ and felt that his final destination was just beyond.
(a) Florida.
(b) The Bahamas.
(c) Bimini.
(d) Bermuda.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The rains begin in ________________.

2. The Indians who settled in Florida came from west of the Mississippi and spoke what language?

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

4. The Mikasukis and the _______________ did not get along and they didn't have much to do with the escaped slaves.

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

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