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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Man did not originate in the Everglades or Florida. The Indians moved to Florida. In the beginning, there were how many races?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

2. The rains usually end by the end of _________.
(a) April.
(b) June.
(c) March.
(d) May.

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

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

5. Since Florida is a peninsula, what happened to the animals that migrated there?
(a) They turned around and returned home.
(b) They were trapped.
(c) They died.
(d) They swam away.

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

7. There are usually ________________ in late September and October.
(a) Tornadoes.
(b) Snow storms.
(c) Hurricanes.
(d) Earthquakes.

8. Menendez returned once more to Florida, this time with ___________ Jesuits.
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

9. What was unique about the return trip to Europe?
(a) The explorers did not bring any captives.
(b) The Indians were the first to steer a ship.
(c) The Indians who traveled with them were the first Indians to travel to Europe.
(d) The explorers got lost.

10. 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.

11. The priests would have been killed by the Indians if who hadn't stopped them?
(a) Captain Suarez.
(b) Captain Hook.
(c) Captain Cook.
(d) Captain Reynoso.

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

13. Some of the Indians were sold into slavery by whom?
(a) The Dutch.
(b) The British.
(c) The French.
(d) The Portuguese.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rock lies below the water of Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades. The rock is ________________ and is usually not exposed unless there is a drought.

2. When does another rainy season begin?

3. Why did Carlos send another relative and two young Indians to Havana?

4. The French were eventually chased out by _________________________ who eventually came to control Florida.

5. Menendez renamed the woman Dona ______________.

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