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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There are rivers and other small creeks that flow into what lake?
(a) Lake Okeechobee.
(b) Lake Adelaide.
(c) Lake Isis.
(d) Lake Norris.

2. Many of the ships were wrecked. Why?
(a) Pirates.
(b) Tornadoes.
(c) Monsoons.
(d) Hurricanes.

3. A thirteen-year-old boy named Escalante de Fonteneda remained with the Indians for how many years?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Fifteen.

4. The _______________ settled on the Eastern coast of Southern Florida.
(a) Tekesta.
(b) Mayaimi.
(c) Calusa.
(d) Jeaga.

5. The first group of Indians were the _________ and they settled the area between the Ten Thousand Islands and Cape Sable.
(a) Mayaimi.
(b) Jeaga.
(c) Tekesta.
(d) Calusa.

Short Answer Questions

1. New technology resulted in navigation equipment like compasses and astrolabes, even though they had few _________.

2. In 1492, Spain sponsored an expedition by Admiral Christopher Columbus who would sail west to reach _________.

3. Who was given the governorship of Cuba and Florida by the Spanish king?

4. Maps drawn in the early ______________ suggested the existence of Cuba, Jamaica, the Bahamas, and Florida, but they were wrong in their estimated distances.

5. Who was the first to reach Florida?

(see the answer key)

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