Florida Explorers

What does the name "Florida" mean?

• Hot sun
• Land of the free
• Home of the brave
• Covered in flowers

Ponce De Leon discovered the following valuable land.

• Puerto Rico and Florida
• New Mexico and Spain
• America and India 
• Italy and Portugal 

According to the article, which country began exploring Florida FIRST?

• Mexico (Mexicans)
• Spain (Spaniards)
• France (French)
• England (English)

Why did the FRENCH want to explore Florida?

• They were looking for more land to expand their empire.
• They were looking for slaves to help them build new castles in France.
• They wanted freedom to choose their own religion.
• They wanted to kick the Native Americans out so they could use the new land to grow crops.

Which explorer is credited with making St. Augustine the first permanent European city in what is now the United States?

• Hernando Desoto
• Spanish Admiral Pedro Menendez de Aviles
• Ponce de Leon
• Sir Francis Drake

The purpose of Spanish missionaries in Florida was to...

• Help the Native Americans by giving them supplies and food.
• Serve as a new castle for the king and queen in their new homeland.
• House new explorers who came after them.
• Convert the Native Americans to their Catholic religion.

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Which 3 countries fought and wanted to claim Florida as their own?

• Mexico, USA, Spain
• Spain, England, France
• Cuba, South America, France
• USA, England, Cuba

What is colonization?

• Process of searching for new trade routes

• Process of spreading Christianity

• Process of creating new settlements

• Process of developing the government

Soldiers sent by Spain to explore and claim land for Spain -

• Friars

• Native Americans

• Conquistadors

• Mercantilists

These were established for a religious purpose to convert Natives

• Missions
• Presidios
• Forts
• Churches