Florida's Native Americans

Which statement is true about the Seminole tribe/

• The Seminole were the first people to ever live in the land that became Florida.

• Seminole Tribe members came to Florida after the European settlers.

• Seminole Indians is another name for Paleo Indians, the original settlers of the Americas.

• The Seminole Tribe formed in order to fight against the US Army in the Seminole Wars.

If you were an archaeologist studying American Indian societies, which set of skills would you most likely need?

• drawing trees and flowers, love of oceans and rivers, understanding growth of native plants.

• finding clues in ancient ruins, finding artifacts at a dig site, date ancient human-made objects.

• interest in nature, understand animal behavior and habitats, knowledge of ocean life.

• running long distances, coordination, strong muscles

Between which two peninsulas was the land bridge during the Ice Age?

• Florida and Cape Cod

• Siberia and Alaska

• Chukotka and Seward

• Arctic and Pacific

Which physical features of Florida were probably the most beneficial to the Tequesta and Tocbaga Tribes?

• mounds formed by the Tallahassee Hills

• St. John's River and Suwanee River

• Okefenokee Swamp and the Everglades

• Tampa Bay and Biscayne Bay

If you were visiting an attraction where you tour from lake to lake on a pontoon boat, which county would you most likely be in?

• Osceola

• Monroe

• Brevard

• Indian River

If an employer needed someone skilled in using a special machine to manufacture something, but couldn't get anyone to do the job, what should the employer do?

• sell the machine to another company

• double the amount he pays someone to do the job

• manufacture an item that doesn't require the special machine

• offer free training on the machine to people who already work there.

Which primary source helped us learn about what the Timucua people looked like?

• Social Studies Textbook

• Drawings made by Jacques LeMoyne

• Photos taken by the Europeans

• Cave drawings left by Chief Tomokie

Which list describes both good and bad contributions of the European explorers to the Americas?

• corn, beans, and squash

• turkeys, bows, and arrows

• colored cloth, metal knives, diseases

• canoes, battles, seashells

This tribe was the largest in Florida

• Timucua

• Calusa

• Seminole

• Apalachee

Brevard County had its area code changed to 3-2-1 because...

• it was easier to remember

• they like counting backwards

• Cape Canaveral is in Brevard County and hosts rocket launchings

• they have separated their county into three smaller regions