Florida
This is a chain of islands near the tip of the peninsula of Florida.
What is the Florida Keys.
This Native American tribe lived in southwestern Florida and their houses were made from wood with palm frond roofs and were built on stilts. The Native Americans also built structures on flat mounds for religious purposes.
What is the Calusas?
The first groups of people to live in North America.
What are Native Americans?
Floridians can say what they want. They can say they do not like the government. The media can cover any stories it wants to cover. The media can criticize the government. This right is guaranteed to all citizens of the United States.
What is freedom of speech and press?
Which of these industries developed in Florida because of the state’s natural resources and the need to fertilize crops.
What is the Phosphate Industry?
The vast wetland covers Florida’s southern tip from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Everglades?
He was the first European explorer to reach Florida. He thought it was a beautiful place, and since they landed around Easter, he named it La Florida.
Who was Juan Ponce de León?
The Civil War was fought between these regions.
What it the North and the South?
This is something you pay for like a haircut, dry cleaning, or bike repair.
What is a service?
This major Florida industry thrives due to Florida's warm climate and beautiful beachers.
What is the tourism industry?
This industry in Florida has experienced setbacks due to changes in temperature.
What is the Citrus Industry?
These were villages where priests taught Native Americans about the Catholic religion.
What were the Spanish missions?
These Native Americans were farmers and hunters. They grew a combination of crops known as “The Three Sisters”: corn, beans, and squash. The men hunted alligators, bears, deer, and wild turkeys. The women gathered berries and nuts to eat, and they also made pottery.
What is the Timucua?
A reason Spain settled St. Augustine not already given.
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Which branch of government makes laws for the whole nation?
What is the legislative branch?
He developed a machine that made ice and cooled the air. He was given a patent for his invention. He never had enough money to manufacture it, but he is considered the father of air conditioning and refrigeration.
Who is Dr. Gorrie?
Europeans brought many to America and this was a huge threat to Native Americans in Florida.
What are diseases?
This type of map shows natural features of an area such as rivers, lakes, and mountains.
What is a physical map?
To an economist, this is a place where economic activity happens.
What is a market?
This branch of government is responsible for enforcing the laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
These factors explain why the Native American tribes in Florida lived differently.
What are different climates, foods, and geography?
One reason Spain settled St. Augustine.
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This Civil Rights Activist made the famous, "I have a dream speech."
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Smart consumers do this.
What is save money in a bank?
Why system does our state and federal government utilize to ensure that no one branch of government has too much power.
What is a system of checks and balances?