Florida's Native American Tribes, History & Culture Quiz

What was the climate like in Florida more than 12,000 years ago?

• Hot and humid

• Cooler and drier

• Rainy and stormy

• Warmer and wetter

What large mammals roamed Florida during the Ice Age?

• Bears and wolves

• Elephants and lions

• Giraffes and zebras

• Mastodons and wooly mammoths

What did the PaleoIndians use to demonstrate their ingenuity and creativity?

• Stone tools

• Wooden tools

• Plastic tools

• Metal tools

What custom did people in central and south Florida practice between 7,000 and 6,000 years ago?

• Writing books

• Creating large sculptures

• Burying their dead in wetland cemeteries

• Building large houses

What did native people in Florida begin to depend on around 4,000 years ago?

• Wetland resources like fish and shellfish

• Hunting large animals

• Growing large farms

• Mining for gold

What did people in the Florida panhandle grow 1,000 years ago?

• Corn, beans, and squash

• Rice and wheat

• Tomatoes and potatoes

• Apples and oranges

Who succeeded in establishing a permanent settlement at St. Augustine in 1565?

• Ponce de Léon

• Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

• Hernando de Soto

• Pánfilo de Narváez

What was the purpose of the Spanish missions in La Florida?

• To trade goods

• To build schools

• To convert indigenous people to Christianity

• To find gold

What name did the separatist Creeks in Florida eventually become known as?

• Cherokees

• Seminoles

• Apalachee

• Timucua

What language is spoken by over half of the modern Seminole Tribe?

• Mikasuki

• Spanish

• English

• French