Economics
When you put $100 in the bank and then check it a year later and there is now $110. Your money worked for you. What is this called?
Interest
Which Indian Tribe was located in Tampa Bay
Tocobaga
English or Spanish Explorers?
Who built the Castillo De San Marcos in St. Augustine to help protect the city from attack?
Spanish
Who built the Grand Tampa Bay Hotel?
Henry Plant
James Johnson
I began hosting workout classes. I spent $200 on equipment.
There are 10 people in my class and they each paid me $50.
What is my PROFIT?
$300
Why didnt the Calusa, Timucua, and Apachalee welcome the explorers to Florida?
They did not treat them as equals and were not peaceful.
Who founded and claimed ST. AUGUSTINE for the Spanish?
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
Florida is known as a what? Because it is surrounded by water on 3 sides?
Peninsula
What is the capital of Florida?
Tallahassee
Give an example of how you can earn an income?
Any type of job where you are getting money for your work.
What did "Seminole" mean?
Runaway or Wild People
Who founded FLORIDA?
Juan Ponce De Leon
After the Spanish-American War did Florida become a Spanish territory?
No
What is the name of the hundreds of miles of wetlands that are protected in South Florida?
Everglades
What is the OPPORTUNITY COST of this scenario?
I was playing my video games and then my mom said if I go to the store with her, she will buy me a new video game. I left my game which caused me to lose and went with her.
Opportunity cost is WHAT you give up when you chose one thing over another.
Playing video games
What was the area called that the Indian Tribes used when they were relocated from Florida across the Gulf of Mexico to Oklahoma?
Trail of Tears
The economic development of Florida DID NOT include which industry after the Spanish-American War to try and claim Cuba?
Citrus Growing
Which Floridian helped bring visitors to Miami by building railroads up and down the EAST coast?
Henry Flagler
What is Florida's nickname
The Sunshine State
The new Nintendo switch came out, they only made 500 of them. 1000 people wanted them, so they bumped the price up by $200. What is the supply and demand correlation? What is low and what is high?
There are not enough Switches so the Supply is LOW and the3 demand is HIGH causing an increase in price.
Which Indian tribe is still alive and well and living in Tampa on a reservation? They have the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on their land.
Seminole Tribe
Were African Americans immediately granted US citizenship after the Civil War ended and the North won abolishing slavery?
No, it wasnt until the passing of the 14th Amendment.
Which 3 bodies of water surround Florida?
Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Straits of Florida (bottom)
What was the original name given to Florida by the Spanish settlers?
La Florida