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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, the explorations continue where?
(a) In Central America and Mexico.
(b) In North America and Mexico.
(c) In South American and Central America.
(d) In North and South America.

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

3. 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) 1200s.
(c) 1400s.
(d) 1100s.

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

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

6. The _______________ settled on the Eastern coast of Southern Florida.
(a) Jeaga.
(b) Tekesta.
(c) Mayaimi.
(d) Calusa.

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

8. Who was given the governorship of Cuba and Florida by the Spanish king?
(a) Hernando de Soto.
(b) Francisco de Soto.
(c) Jose de Soto.
(d) Juan de Soto.

9. There are rivers and other small creeks that flow into what lake?
(a) Lake Okeechobee.
(b) Lake Adelaide.
(c) Lake Norris.
(d) Lake Isis.

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

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

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

13. When the tribes moved further south, they adopted the habits of the ____________.
(a) Calusas.
(b) Talasis.
(c) Seminoles.
(d) Creeks.

14. The Indians were forced to move further __________.
(a) North.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) East.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end, did Menendez achieve leadership in Florida?

2. Boats frequently left ____________ for Florida and the Indians would wait for them.

3. There was talk of legendary islands west of what country?

4. The Seminoles were the Indians of _______________ Florida.

5. The first group of Indians were the _________ and they settled the area between the Ten Thousand Islands and Cape Sable.

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