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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. Who was given the right to explore Florida and to conquer the people from Florida to northern Mexico?

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

3. These people are believed to have arrived in the Everglades around ________ AD.

4. How did Menendez secure the release of all of the captives?

5. The ______________ moved into Florida around 1750.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe and explain the relationship between the Indians and blacks.

2. What is the Age of Exploration? Why did it take place?

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

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

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

6. Describe the rainy season in the Everglades.

7. What did Hernando de Soto govern? How well might he have governed? Why?

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

9. Where are the Everglades located? Why is this important to this book?

10. Describe the funeral customs of the Tekesta. Why might they have done this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The Age of Exploration had a strong impact on much of the world.

Part 1) Describe the Age of Exploration. When did it begin? Why did it begin? Who was involved? How did it affect all involved in the Age of Exploration?

Part 2) How did the Age of Exploration specifically affect and impact Florida and her natives? How different might Florida be if she had not been explored during the Age of Exploration?

Part 3) What exploration still takes place today? Why? How does this exploration affect mankind and our planet? How does this modern exploration compare to exploration in the past? What does this reveal about mankind?

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