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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The area receives an average of ________________ inches of rainfall per year.
(a) Fifty-five.
(b) Forty-five.
(c) Thirty-five.
(d) Sixty-five.

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

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

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

5. On the East coast, they boiled the flesh from the bones, tied the bones together and added them to what?
(a) A stew.
(b) A coffin.
(c) The sea.
(d) The bones of the older generation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For the next __________ hundred years, the Indians of Florida were left alone.

3. They began to hypothesize that the world was what?

4. What happened to one of the priests?

5. There are rivers and other small creeks that flow into what lake?

Short Essay Questions

1. From where does the name 'Everglades' come? How is this similar to the Indian name? How are these names fitting for this region?

2. How were the Americas affected by the Age of Exploration?

3. Describe Menendez and his tactics when dealing with others. Would this be tolerated today? Why or why not?

4. Why did Juan Ponce de Leon decide to leave Florida? What does this reveal about many explorers at this time?

5. Describe and explain the relationship between the Indians and blacks.

6. From where did the Indians of Florida originate? How did their adjustment to living in Florida compare to that of the animals?

7. Describe the explorations of Christopher Columbus. How did inaccurate maps play a role in the discovery of the Americas?

8. Where are the Everglades located? Why is this important to this book?

9. Describe the treaties signed by the Indians. Why did they sign these treaties?

10. How might the Indians who were the first to travel to Europe feel? Why?

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