Land
People
Vocabulary
A long time ago
Last, but not least.
100
This is the place that begins with a location?
What is geography?
100
These people wanted to convert the Native Americans to the Catholic religion.
Who are the Spaniards?
100
I am a channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
What is a strait?
100
The Tequesta and _____________________tribes used dugout canoes to find seafood.
Who are the Calusa?
100
This theme park opened in Florida in 1971 and has over 17 million visitors each year.
What is Walt Disney World?
200
People love to come to Florida because of geography and _____________________.
What is climate?
200
This man thought he landed in Asia, however, he really landed in the Bahamas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
200
This is formed when branches from trees twist together and arch over roads creating shade.
What is a canopy?
200
Only a few hundred Seminoles remained after this war.
What is the end of the Second Seminole War?
200
A storm that forms over water and has winds of more than 74 miles per hour.
What is a hurricane?
300
Two minerals that are mined in large amounts in Florida are phosphate and ___________________.
What is limestone?
300
This group of people are descendants of Florida's earliest people.
Who are Native Americans?
300
This is what a military settlement surrounded by walls is called.
What is a fort?
300
This was introduced in Florida in the early 1800's and it allowed people and goods to move faster and easier from town to town.
What is steam?
300
There are three types of local government in Florida. They are city, special districts, and _______________.
What is county government?
400
The product that comes from tress that are cut or grown for wood.
What is timber?
400
A Spanish explorer and soldier who was in search of riches in the "New World".
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
400
Money people earn for doing a job.
What is income?
400
This is the water source of the Everglades.
What is Lake Okeechobee?
400
Thousands of people moved to Florida to work in this industry which helped Florida's economy grow.
What is the space industry?
500
Ponce de Leon named Florida, La Florida. Define what La Florida means.
What is land of flowers?
500
A New Yorker who made his fortune in the oil business before he built a railroad on the east coast of Florida in the early 1900's.
Who is Henry Flagler?
500
This was the name given to the period of time after the war when Florida and the rest of the south had to rebuild its cities and economy.
What is reconstruction?
500
A blockade is a _________ ______ __________ that keeps goods from entering or leaving a place.
What is line of ships?
500
This is what caused many citrus growers to move south and plant groves in drained land.
What is the Great Freeze of 1894-1895?
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