WorksheetsAcademic Team Early Florida History
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How did the lives of early Floridians change when the Ice Age ended?
a)
People moved away from lakes and rivers.
b)
People began hunting smaller animals.
c)
People followed larger animals into the southern peninsula.
d)
People began to use tools.
2.
Everyday tasks became easier for Native Floridians when--
a)
they began building mounds.
b)
they settled in villages.
c)
they learned to make pottery.
d)
they began choosing leaders.
3.
Which 2 tribes lived in what is now southern Florida?
a)
Apalachee and Timucuas
b)
Calusas and Tequestas
c)
Timucuas and Tocabagas
d)
Tocabagas and Calusas
4.
A religious building, often build on top of a high mound, was a --.
a)
cacique
b)
artifact
c)
temple
d)
shaman
5.
A small family group that lived and hunted together is called a __________.
a)
tribe
b)
culture
c)
band
d)
archaeologist
6.
He will give the name to Florida in 1513?
a)
Narvaez
b)
Desoto
c)
De leon
d)
Santiago
7.
____ began another expedition in search of gold and silver, which took him on a long trek through Florida and what is now the southeastern United States.
a)
De Leon
b)
Desoto
c)
Castro
d)
Balboa
8.
Spain was not the only European nation that found Florida attractive, What other country competed in the early days for Florida?
a)
Russia
b)
France
c)
Belgium
d)
Japan
9.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés hastened across the Atlantic, his sights set on removing the French and creating a Spanish settlement. What was the name of this settlement?
a)
Fort San Critobal
b)
Tampa
c)
St. Augustine
d)
Miami
10.
Means "Feast of the Flowers"; Florida was named by Juan Ponce de Leon
a)
Tampa
b)
Pascua Florida
c)
Nombre de Dios
d)
Appalachee
11.
Started by slave catchers who raided and burned Seminole villages looking for runaway slaves.
a)
First Seminole War
b)
The Indian Wars
c)
The Troubles
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