Unit 1: Test: Florida’s Early Peoples to 1800s

(a)   lived in north Florida and farmed corn, beans, and squash.

• Calusa
• Timucua
• Apalachee
• Tocobaga

(a)   built large shell mounds and relied on fishing.

• Apalachee
• Calusa
• Timucua
• Tocobaga

The Tocobaga are best known for their…

• desert homes

• council houses and mounds

• stone castles

• adobe villages

Match the following explorers with the places they are associated with naming or exploring.

• Founded St. Augustine, Florida

• Pedro Menéndez

• Explored the southeastern United States, including the Mississippi River

• Hernando de Soto

• Named La Florida in 1513

• Álvar Núñez

• Explored the Rio de la Plata region in South America

• Juan Ponce de León

Which set best describes the three main explorer motives?

• Peace, Plants, Pets

• Gold, Glory, God

• Ships, Shoes, Sugar

• Wind, Waves, Weather

Match the following reasons with Spain's founding of St. Augustine in 1565.

• Spain aimed to establish commercial relations with England in 1565.

• To trade with England

• Spain wanted to secure its territory and safeguard its shipping lanes in 1565.

• To escape cold weather

• Spain was searching for valuable minerals like silver in 1565.

• To protect treasure routes and defend claims

• Spanish settlers sought a warmer climate in 1565.

• To mine silver

The Castillo de San Marcos is a…

• mission

• farm

• fort

• palace

Missions in Florida mainly aimed to…

• find gold

• teach Christianity and Spanish ways

• train soldiers

• build railroads

A major negative effect of European contact on Native peoples was…

• new sports

• large libraries

• diseases like smallpox and measles

• free trade with Spain

Which powers controlled Florida at different times?

• Spain, France, England

• Spain, Italy, Germany

• France, Portugal, Italy

• Only Spain