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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. Did Carlos release the captives?

5. A group led by Captain James Moore moved from ________________ to the Everglades, taking Indians captive for the slave trade.

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the Indians affected by the arrival of the white man?

2. Why did Jesuits arrive in Florida? How successful were they? Why?

3. How did the Indians react to the arrival of these Europeans?

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

5. What takes place in Chapter Nine? Why does this take place?

6. What is the Age of Exploration? Why did it take place?

7. Describe the rainy season in the Everglades.

8. What did Hernando de Soto govern? How well might he have governed? Why?

9. Describe the Indian tribes now living in Florida.

10. Who did Carlos give Menendez as a wife? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Natural disasters occurred in Florida.

Part 1) What is considered a natural disaster? What natural disasters have taken place in Florida? What caused these disasters? How were those living in Florida affected by these disasters? How was the natural environment affected?

Part 2) Would the natural environment have been as affected by these disasters if they had not been changed by mankind? Explain. How has man tried to remedy the consequences of these disasters? Have these remedies been effective? Why or why not?

Part 3) What is being done today to help save the Everglades and other natural environments around our country? How do these efforts compare to those in the past? Has the U.S. learned from past mistakes? If so, how? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 2

In the early Twentieth Century, there was a building boom in Florida.

Part 1) Describe life in Florida at the turn of the century. What led to these changes? How did this lead to a building boom? How did this building boom reflect the sentiment of many around the country regarding Florida?

Part 2) How did this building boom continue to increase? What problems have existed in settling and populating Florida? How are these problems still seen today? How were these problems dealt with in the early twentieth century? How does this compare to the dealing with these problems at the end of the century? What are possible reasons for any differences?

Part 3) Overall, what have we as Americans learned about our effect on the environment? How did we learn this? What have we done about this? Have we done enough? Why or why not? Are we on a clear path to protecting our natural environments and our own habitats? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Migrant workers have been important in Floridian agriculture.

Part 1) What is a migrant worker? What is the history of the migrant worker in Florida? How have they been important to Floridian agriculture? Why have they been so important? How are migrant workers still important in Floridian agriculture?

Part 2) How are migrant workers important throughout other parts of the U.S.? Why are they important elsewhere? Why might one become a migrant worker? Would you want to be a migrant worker? Why or why not?

Part 3) What issues has the U.S. had with migrant workers in recent history? How has this become a problem? How should our country handle this problem? Why?

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