FLORIDA ... FOURTH GRADE

1. The oldest, continuously occupied city in Florida is ___.

• Miami
• Tallahassee
• St. Augustine
• Jacksonville

2. What is one of the names that might mean "Tallahassee" in a Native American language?

• old fields
• capital
• meeting place
• half-way town

3. Florida's state motto is ___.

• We're #1!
• The Sunshine State
• Welcome to Florida!
• In God We Trust

4. Florida was founded, or discovered, by ___.

• Hernando de Soto
• Captain Hook
• Marco de Aviles
• Ponce de Leon

5. The ___ industry makes up the largest part of our state's economy.

• tourism
• cattle
• education
• fruit

6. Florida's best-known National Park is ___.

• Biscayne Bay
• Maclay Gardens
• Everglades
• SeaWorld

7. ___ changed Florida forever by building a railroad down the east coast of Florida so that tourists could visit.

• John Gorrie
• Henry Flagler
• James Weldon
• Chief Osceola

8. The ___ escaped slavery and became part of the Florida Seminole Indian tribe in south Florida.

• Creek
• Tequesta
• Black Seminole
• Florida Crackers

9. A ___ is the first of non-native people to settle a region.

• pioneer
• cowboy
• cracker
• Native American

10. As more settlers came to Florida, Native Americans were ___.

• unhappy about it
• forced to move out
• trying to kill them
• happy to sell their goods to them