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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the East coast, they boiled the flesh from the bones, tied the bones together and added them to what?

2. The Indians were descended from ________________.

3. The first group of Indians were the _________ and they settled the area between the Ten Thousand Islands and Cape Sable.

4. The Seminoles were the Indians of _______________ Florida.

5. The _______________ settled on the Eastern coast of Southern Florida.

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the Native Americans treated by the European countries who sent out explorers? Why?

2. How successful were the French in Florida? Why?

3. Describe the explorations of Christopher Columbus. How did inaccurate maps play a role in the discovery of the Americas?

4. Describe Menendez and his tactics when dealing with others. Would this be tolerated today? Why or why not?

5. What takes place in Chapter Nine? Why does this take place?

6. How did the Indians react to the arrival of these Europeans?

7. Describe the first Indians in Florida. How do they compare to other tribes around the U.S?

8. For how long was there peace in Florida? Why?

9. How might the Indians who were the first to travel to Europe feel? Why?

10. From where did the Indians of Florida originate? How did their adjustment to living in Florida compare to that of the animals?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Everglades are a tropical region in Florida.

Part 1) Describe the Everglades. How do they compare to other regions on Florida? How does Florida as a whole compare to other regions of the U.S.?

Part 2) How have the Everglades changed over time? What has led to these changes? How have these changes affected other parts of Florida and the people and wildlife of Florida?

Part 3) How have other environments in the U.S. been affected by mankind? How does this compare to the affects on the Everglades? What does this reveal about mankind?

Essay Topic 2

Attention was paid to the Everglades in the 1990s.

Part 1) Describe the attention paid to the protection of the Everglades prior to the 1990s. How did this attention change in the 1990s? Why did this attention and attitude regarding the Everglades change?

Part 2) Why was the Clinton administration so interested in protecting the Everglades? What does this interest in the environment reveal about the attitudes of those in the 1990s? Is this attitude still seen today? Why or why not?

Part 3) What is being done today to protect the Everglades and other environments and natural resources? Is this enough? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Florida became a slave state.

Part 1) When did Florida become a state? Why did it become a state? Why did it become a slave state? How did this affect other whites, Native Americans, and blacks? How did its becoming a slave state reflect the turmoil taking place in the U.S. at the time?

Part 2) How did the ending of the Civil War change the lives of slaves and slave owners in Florida? Initially, was this good or bad for the state of Florida? Why? How might these changes reflect life for those living in other slave states?

Part 3) Why were there slaves states and free states? What does this distinction reveal about those living in the states? How did it reflect relations between free and slave states? How are these differences still seen today?

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