a time when the amount of food or supplies

that can be purchased is limited by the

government

• loss

• stocks

• depression

• rationing

a time when business activity is slow and many

people are unemployed

• depression

• stocks

• rationing

• loss

shares, or portions, of ownership in companies

• stocks

• loss

• rationing

• depression

a situation in which you sell something for less

money than you paid for it

• depression

• rationing

• loss

• stocks

During World War I, which Florida city became home to the Navy’s first flight school?

• Pensacola

• Jacksonville

• Tampa

• Miami

Why did some people joke that buying land in Florida during the land boom was like

buying “land by the gallon”?

• Florida used the customary system to measure land in gallons.

• Most land for sale in Florida had been dredged to make it more appealing to buyers.

• There was so much land being sold that it seemed like it was flowing out of a tap

  by the gallon.

• Some landowners took advantage of eager buyers and sold them land that was

  under water.

Which owner of the Orange Belt Railway created St. Petersburg as the last stop of

his railroad?

• Peter Demens

• David P. Davis

• George Merrick

• Joseph W. Young

Which highway did Carl Fisher and his friend William S. Gilbreath build to link Florida

to states in the Midwest beginning in 1915?

• U.S. Highway 1

• Sunshine State Parkway

• Dixie Highway

• Tamiami Trail

Which part of President Roosevelt’s New Deal hired artists and actors to create art

and perform plays in their communities?

• Federal Writer’s Project

• Civilian Conservation Corp

• Community Chest

• Works Progress Administration

What were the main uses for Camp Blanding, one of Florida’s largest military bases,

during World War II?

• training troops and holding prisoners of war

• training troops and building submarines

• holding prisoners of war and building submarines

• testing airplanes and building submarines