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WorksheetsPioneer Life in Florida
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who were the first Florida pioneers?
Spanish explorers
French explorers
Native Americans
Henry Flagler and his friends
Check ALL that apply.
Settlers from Spain ...
...were the second pioneer group in Florida.
...didn't like fish.
...built a colony in St. Augustine.
...had no air conditioning.
Lumber, fish, and palm fronds are....
...good to eat.
...natural resources.
...found all over the world.
...not useful.
Hotels and a railroad system were built in Florida by...
...Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles.
...Spanish explorers.
...the Seminole tribe.
...Henry Flagler.
Florida became a state in...
...1565.
...the late 1880s.
...1845.
...the 1900s.
Florida pioneers made their money from the following industries:
cotton, oranges, and cattle
oranges, cattle, and phosphates
phosphates, citrus and bears
cattle, oranges and apples
Florida's sandy soil made farming easy for most crops.
true
false
One important reason pioneers came to Florida is:
the Homestead Act
mosquitos
strawberries
fishing
Check ALL that apply.
The Homestead Act was a law that said:
live on the land for 5 years
travel by canoe on the St. John's River
live and farm on 160 acres
keep the land for free
The best definition of an industry is:
an amount of money in the bank
a place to make money
a way to make money by producing goods
a machine that makes money
