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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Menendez explained he could not be with a non-Christian woman, Carlos said to do what?
(a) Find a new wife.
(b) Make her Christian.
(c) Forget being a Christian.
(d) Pretend she was a Christian.

2. In Florida, Menendez asked Carlos if he was prepared to do what?
(a) Become a Christian.
(b) Leave Florida.
(c) Marry.
(d) Die.

3. The Spanish gave up Florida in exchange for Havana in ____________.
(a) 1736.
(b) 1763.
(c) 1637.
(d) 1673.

4. Since Florida is a peninsula, what happened to the animals that migrated there?
(a) They died.
(b) They turned around and returned home.
(c) They were trapped.
(d) They swam away.

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

6. Why did many of the Indians die?
(a) As a result of war.
(b) As a result of malnourishment.
(c) As a result of stress and fear caused by the white man.
(d) As a result of the diseases of the white man.

7. There was talk of legendary islands west of what country?
(a) England.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Portugal.

8. The Indians were forced to sign the Treaty of ___________ Landing.
(a) Paul's.
(b) John's.
(c) Payne's.
(d) Wayne's.

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

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

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

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

13. The maps they made contained many errors. Why?
(a) They were not very intelligent.
(b) They were very careless.
(c) They did not find maps to be of much importance.
(d) They did not have the precision instruments required to correctly determine latitude and longitude.

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

15. These people are believed to have arrived in the Everglades around ________ AD.
(a) 500.
(b) 300.
(c) 700.
(d) 900.

Short Answer Questions

1. He reached ____________ and felt that his final destination was just beyond.

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

3. Man did not originate in the Everglades or Florida. The Indians moved to Florida. In the beginning, there were how many races?

4. They had no metals or flints to work with, only _________.

5. Why did the Americans sign many treaties with the Indians?

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