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Battle for Florida

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did the French come to Florida?

a)

Gold

b)

Religious freedom

c)

To Fight Spain

d)

More land

2.

What was the religion of the French?

a)

Catholic

b)

Baptist

c)

Lutheran

d)

Franciscan

3.

What is a Huguenot?

a)

French Colonist

b)

Spanish Colonist

c)

English Colonist

d)

Portuguese Colonist

4.

Which two countries were involved in the Battle for Florida?

a)

Spain

b)

Germany

c)

England

d)

France

5.

Who was the French General?

a)

Menendez

b)

Laudonniere

c)

Ribault

d)

de Soto

6.

Menendez was the General of the _______________ soldiers.

a)

Dutch

b)

English

c)

French

d)

Spanish

7.

Name of the French Fort

a)

Fort Caroline

b)

Fort Mose

c)

Fort San Mateo

d)

Castillo de San Marcos

8.

Why did the missionaries come to Florida?

a)

settle land

b)

look for gold

c)

convert the natives

d)

fight the natives

9.

San Luis de Talimali was a mission in present day _________________.

a)

St. Augustine

b)

Tallahassee

c)

Miami

d)

Tampa

10.

Which was NOT a way the missions were destroyed?

a)

wars

b)

hurricanes

c)

fire

d)

decomposed

11.

Who was second in command of the French army?

a)

Laudonniere

b)

Ribault

c)

Menendez

d)

de Gourgues

12.

Fort Caroline was renamed ________________

a)

St. Augustine

b)

San Mateo

c)

Mose

d)

Catillo de San Marcos

13.

How did St. Augustine get its name?

a)

named after a queen

b)

named after a king

c)

named after a saint

d)

named after a city

14.

Name of the fort in St. Augustine

a)

Castillo de San Marcos

b)

Fort San Mateo

c)

Fort Mose

d)

Fort Caroline

15.

What is coquina?

a)

shells

b)

rock

c)

food

d)

clothing

16.

Who convinced the Timucuan to fight the Spanish?

a)

de Gourgues

b)

Ribault

c)

Laudonniere

d)

Menendez

17.

Meaning of matanzas

a)

mission

b)

mouth

c)

massacre

d)

morning

18.

What name did Jean Ribault give the St. John's River?

a)

River of March

b)

River of May

c)

River of Missions

d)

River of Peace

19.

Who put Jean Ribault in jail?

a)

King Philip

b)

Queen Elizabeth

c)

Queen Mary

d)

King John

20.

How long did it take to build Castillo de San Marcos?

(a)  

21.

Why was coquina used to build Castillo de San Marcos?

a)

cannon balls bounced off

b)

easy to cut into blocks

c)

easy to find

d)

easy to stack

22.

Name of the fort of Free Slaves

a)

Fort Caroline

b)

Fort Mose

c)

Fort San Mateo

d)

Fort Jefferson

23.

What did the slaves have to do to get freedom in Spanish Florida?

a)

convert to Catholicism

b)

give money to the king

c)

work off their debt

d)

they did not receive freedom

24.

What fort did the free slaves help build?

a)

Fort Mose

b)

Castillo de San Marcos

c)

Fort Caroline

d)

Fort San Mateo

25.

How did Fort Mose get its name?

a)

named after a king

b)

named after a free slave

c)

named after an area

d)

named after a tribe

26.

Menendez made a treaty with the _________________.

a)

Timucua

b)

Apalachee

c)

Calusa

d)

Tocobaga

27.

What was a goal of Menendez?

a)

conquer more land

b)

enslave the natives

c)

find gold

d)

convert the natives

28.

Name two ways Menendez was able to keep Florida under Spanish control.

a)

set up outposts

b)

convert the natives

c)

explored the interior

d)

defeat the English

29.

Menendez made this city the capital of Spanish Florida.

a)

Tallahassee

b)

St. Augustine

c)

Tampa

d)

Santa Elena

30.

What is the importance of Fort Mose?

a)

protected Spanish Florida

b)

became a major city

c)

first free African American settlement

d)

a major gold deposit was there

31.

What tribe help build the first fort in St. Augustine?

a)

Calusa

b)

Tequesta

c)

Timucua

d)

Tocobaga

32.

How old was Menendez when he became a sailor?

(a)  

33.

Name of the leader of Fort Mose

a)

Francisco Menendez

b)

Pedro Menendez

c)

Jean Ribault

d)

Francisco Manchez

34.

Why wasn't Jean Ribault able to raise money?

a)

war between countries

b)

religious conflict broke out

c)

civil war broke out

d)

no one wanted to help the Huguenots

35.

Three reasons the French colony failed...

a)

ran out of supplies

b)

people died of sickness

c)

lack of leadership

d)

attack of the natives

e)

unable to get help from the natives