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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the rain last?
(a) For an hour or two.
(b) For four or five hours.
(c) For three or four hours.
(d) For two or three hours.

2. He set out with a fleet of ___________ ships and took possession of the territory.
(a) Forty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirty.

3. How did Menendez secure the release of all of the captives?
(a) By raiding Chief Carlos' ship and freeing the captives.
(b) By killing Chief Carlos.
(c) By inviting Chief Carlos and twenty of his men to dinner on his boat and sailing to the open sea telling the Indians that they would be released when the captives were released.
(d) By giving Chief Carlos a great deal of money.

4. He wrote of his years with the Indians and talked of the great Chief ___________ who wanted to unite all of the Everglades Indians into a federation which he would control.
(a) Pietro.
(b) Carlos.
(c) Jorge.
(d) Angel.

5. The _________ settled along the East coast.
(a) Tekesta.
(b) Jeaga.
(c) Mayaimi.
(d) Calusa.

6. On the East coast, they boiled the flesh from the bones, tied the bones together and added them to what?
(a) The sea.
(b) A stew.
(c) A coffin.
(d) The bones of the older generation.

7. Menendez returned once more to Florida, this time with ___________ Jesuits.
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

8. In 1492, Spain sponsored an expedition by Admiral Christopher Columbus who would sail west to reach _________.
(a) South America.
(b) Africa.
(c) Asia.
(d) North America.

9. Man did not originate in the Everglades or Florida. The Indians moved to Florida. In the beginning, there were how many races?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

10. There was an Indian __________ business and many smugglers.
(a) Bride.
(b) Education.
(c) Slave.
(d) Indentured servent.

11. How are these rivers and creeks formed?
(a) From yearly snowfall.
(b) From many hurricanes.
(c) From mountain streams.
(d) From rain water and springs.

12. What happens when the rain stops?
(a) A long hot summer.
(b) A short cold winter.
(c) A short hot summer.
(d) A long cold winter.

13. Their homes were built on ________________ and consisted of platforms and roofs.
(a) Bricks.
(b) Straw mats.
(c) Boats.
(d) Poles or pilings.

14. The priests would have been killed by the Indians if who hadn't stopped them?
(a) Captain Cook.
(b) Captain Suarez.
(c) Captain Reynoso.
(d) Captain Hook.

15. When the tribes moved further south, they adopted the habits of the ____________.
(a) Seminoles.
(b) Talasis.
(c) Calusas.
(d) Creeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. The rains usually end by the end of _________.

2. The Mikasukis and the _______________ did not get along and they didn't have much to do with the escaped slaves.

3. The rains begin in ________________.

4. Menendez renamed the woman Dona ______________.

5. The area receives an average of ________________ inches of rainfall per year.

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