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WorksheetsBattle for Florida
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Why did the French come to Florida?
Gold
Religious freedom
To Fight Spain
More land
What was the religion of the French?
Catholic
Baptist
Lutheran
Franciscan
What is a Huguenot?
French Colonist
Spanish Colonist
English Colonist
Portuguese Colonist
Which two countries were involved in the Battle for Florida?
Spain
Germany
England
France
Who was the French General?
Menendez
Laudonniere
Ribault
de Soto
Menendez was the General of the _______________ soldiers.
Dutch
English
French
Spanish
Name of the French Fort
Fort Caroline
Fort Mose
Fort San Mateo
Castillo de San Marcos
Why did the missionaries come to Florida?
settle land
look for gold
convert the natives
fight the natives
San Luis de Talimali was a mission in present day _________________.
St. Augustine
Tallahassee
Miami
Tampa
Which was NOT a way the missions were destroyed?
wars
hurricanes
fire
decomposed
Who was second in command of the French army?
Laudonniere
Ribault
Menendez
de Gourgues
Fort Caroline was renamed ________________
St. Augustine
San Mateo
Mose
Catillo de San Marcos
How did St. Augustine get its name?
named after a queen
named after a king
named after a saint
named after a city
Name of the fort in St. Augustine
Castillo de San Marcos
Fort San Mateo
Fort Mose
Fort Caroline
What is coquina?
shells
rock
food
clothing
Who convinced the Timucuan to fight the Spanish?
de Gourgues
Ribault
Laudonniere
Menendez
Meaning of matanzas
mission
mouth
massacre
morning
What name did Jean Ribault give the St. John's River?
River of March
River of May
River of Missions
River of Peace
Who put Jean Ribault in jail?
King Philip
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Mary
King John
How long did it take to build Castillo de San Marcos?
(a)
Why was coquina used to build Castillo de San Marcos?
cannon balls bounced off
easy to cut into blocks
easy to find
easy to stack
Name of the fort of Free Slaves
Fort Caroline
Fort Mose
Fort San Mateo
Fort Jefferson
What did the slaves have to do to get freedom in Spanish Florida?
convert to Catholicism
give money to the king
work off their debt
they did not receive freedom
What fort did the free slaves help build?
Fort Mose
Castillo de San Marcos
Fort Caroline
Fort San Mateo
How did Fort Mose get its name?
named after a king
named after a free slave
named after an area
named after a tribe
Menendez made a treaty with the _________________.
Timucua
Apalachee
Calusa
Tocobaga
What was a goal of Menendez?
conquer more land
enslave the natives
find gold
convert the natives
Name two ways Menendez was able to keep Florida under Spanish control.
set up outposts
convert the natives
explored the interior
defeat the English
Menendez made this city the capital of Spanish Florida.
Tallahassee
St. Augustine
Tampa
Santa Elena
What is the importance of Fort Mose?
protected Spanish Florida
became a major city
first free African American settlement
a major gold deposit was there
What tribe help build the first fort in St. Augustine?
Calusa
Tequesta
Timucua
Tocobaga
How old was Menendez when he became a sailor?
(a)
Name of the leader of Fort Mose
Francisco Menendez
Pedro Menendez
Jean Ribault
Francisco Manchez
Why wasn't Jean Ribault able to raise money?
war between countries
religious conflict broke out
civil war broke out
no one wanted to help the Huguenots
Three reasons the French colony failed...
ran out of supplies
people died of sickness
lack of leadership
attack of the natives
unable to get help from the natives
