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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Menendez renamed the woman Dona ______________.
(a) Antonia.
(b) Priscilla.
(c) Menendez.
(d) Isabella.

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

3. He wrote of his years with the Indians and talked of the great Chief ___________ who wanted to unite all of the Everglades Indians into a federation which he would control.
(a) Angel.
(b) Pietro.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Jorge.

4. Maps drawn in the early ______________ suggested the existence of Cuba, Jamaica, the Bahamas, and Florida, but they were wrong in their estimated distances.
(a) 1300s.
(b) 1100s.
(c) 1400s.
(d) 1200s.

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

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

7. A thirteen-year-old boy named Escalante de Fonteneda remained with the Indians for how many years?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Fifteen.

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

9. Who was given the right to explore Florida and to conquer the people from Florida to northern Mexico?
(a) Afanasy Nikitin.
(b) Zheng He.
(c) Ma Huan.
(d) Panfilo de Narvaez.

10. These people are believed to have arrived in the Everglades around ________ AD.
(a) 900.
(b) 500.
(c) 700.
(d) 300.

11. There was talk of legendary islands west of what country?
(a) England.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Portugal.

12. 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.

13. Colonies were established in various parts of the world as a result of what?
(a) The railroad.
(b) New roads.
(c) Air travel.
(d) Sea travel.

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

15. The Age of Exploration began as Europeans looked for a way of reaching what?
(a) Asia.
(b) Africa.
(c) The Americas.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was given the governorship of Cuba and Florida by the Spanish king?

2. The ________________ lived along the mountains between the Gulf and the Atlantic.

3. Carlos gave who to be the wife of Menendez?

4. Why did the Americans sign many treaties with the Indians?

5. A young nobleman named ________________ was rescued by an Indian maiden and lived among the Indians.

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