Early Native Americans of Florida
Climate and Weather
Geography and Culture
Using Maps
Miscellaneous
100
Which Native American group lived in northern Florida?
A) Calusa
B) Tequesta
C) Timucua
D) Tocobaga
C) Timucua
100
Which of these BEST explains why Florida’s climate is warm?
A) being almost surrounded by water
B) being fairly close to the Equator
C) having little rainfall throughout the year
D) having high elevation
B) being fairly close to the Equator
100
Look at the map. Which states border Florida to the north?
A) Alabama and Georgia
B) Alabama and Mississippi
C) Georgia and South Carolina
D) Mississippi and Georgia
A) Alabama and Georgia
100
Look at the map. According to the legend, what do the dark squares show?
A) Rivers
B) Other city
C) State capital
D) State parks
D) State parks
100
Why do Floridians need to be aware of severe weather?
A. Severe weather only affects a few people.
B. Severe weather can help crops to grow better.
C. Severe weather always causes deaths.
D. Severe weather can cause damage to houses, start fires, or flooding.
D. Severe weather can cause damage to houses, start fires, or flooding.
200
An atlatl was good for Tocobaga hunters because they could use it to ____________________.
A) cook animals they killed
B) dry meat in the sun
C) skin dead animals
D) throw better
D) throw better
200
Which of the following types of severe weather includes lightning that can start fires?
A) drought
B) hurricane
C) snow storm
D) thunderstorm
D) thunderstorm
200
Look at the map. What body of water is on Florida’s eastern border?
? / 1 points
A) Atlantic Coastal Plain
B) Atlantic Ocean
C) Gulf of Mexico
D) Pacific Ocean
B) Atlantic Ocean
200
Look at the map. Based on the compass rose, what direction would you travel to go from Tallahassee to Jacksonville?
A) east
B) north
C) south
D) west
A) east
200
6. How did Native Americans in Florida get food?
A. Most tribes traded with tribes in other places for food.
B. Most tribes used boats to hunt whales.
C. Most tribes farmed and grew their own food.
D. Most tribes hunted and gathered food, as well as farmed and fished.
D. Most tribes hunted and gathered food, as well as farmed and fished.
300
Why were Native American women less likely than men to use bows and arrows?
A) They generally did not hunt.
B) They only cooked and cleaned.
C) They rarely left home.
D) They were not strong enough.
A) They generally did not hunt.
300
What does the phrase “Florida has a humid climate” mean?
A) Florida gets many storms.
B) It is usually very dry.
C) Temperatures are usually low.
D) There is usually a lot of moisture in the air.
D) There is usually a lot of moisture in the air.
300
Where is Florida in relation to the Gulf of Mexico?
A) East
B) North
C) South
D) West
D) West
300
Look at the map. What is different about Everglades National Park compared to the other parks shown on the map?
A) It is farthest north.
B) It is located on islands
C) It is not a state park.
D) It is the smallest.
C) It is not a state park.
300
Which type of map shows information such as counties, states, and countries?
A. Physical Maps
B. Political Maps
C. Thematic Maps
D. Climate Maps
B. Political Maps
400
The Timucua lived in north central and northeastern Florida. The Timucua were not actually one tribe but fifteen different groups. They all spoke a related language, though. They lived in villages that were independent of each other. Each village had its own ruler. The Timucua tribes did not always get along. The groups sometimes fought each other.
The Calusa, who lived to the south, were more united. One leader, or chief, ruled all the Calusa people even though they were spread out over a large area. The Calusa did little farming. They obtained some of the food they needed by trading with other groups. They are well known for the skill of their woodcarvers.
Which fact in this passage explains why the Timucua built palisades around their villages?
A) Each Timucua village had its own chief.
B) Fifteen Timucua tribes shared the same language.
C) The different Timucua tribes sometimes fought each other.
D) The Timucua lived in north central and northeastern Florida.
C) The different Timucua tribes sometimes fought each other.
400
Tornadoes and hurricanes are two kinds of severe weather. A tornado is a windstorm that forms a funnel-shaped cloud. A hurricane is also a funnel-shaped windstorm, but it is much larger than a tornado. A tornado can be a few feet to about a mile wide. A hurricane can be several hundred miles wide. Tornadoes form on land, while hurricanes form over water. Hurricanes and tornadoes happen most often between June and September. The winds in a tornado sometimes reach 200 miles per hour. Hurricane winds sometimes reach more than 150 miles per hour. Tornadoes can leave a path of destruction. Hurricanes often damage whole cities with flooding. Both tornadoes and hurricanes can cause devastating damage.
In what part of the year is Florida most likely to be struck by a tornado or hurricane?
A) April to May
B) June to September
C) October to December
D) September to January
B) June to September
400
Marjory Stoneman Douglas was born in Minnesota and attended college in Massachusetts. She ended up in Florida when she came to work with her father on the staff of the Miami Herald newspaper. Douglas became fascinated by the Everglades. She was the first to recognize that the huge area was not a swamp but, as she called it, “a river of grass.” Douglas also saw that the Everglades was a fragile system. It could easily be damaged by human actions. She called attention to these problems in 1947, when she published the book The Everglades: River of Grass. She continued to work tirelessly to protect the Everglades and the plants and animals living in it. She had many successes. In 1987, she published a new edition of the book. It explained why the Everglades was still in danger.
Douglas was the first to realize that the Everglades was what kind of physical feature?
A) a key
B) a lake
C) a river
D) a swamp
C) a river
400
Driving from Pensacola to Key West takes about 14 hours. First you will take Interstate-110 north to reach Interstate-10, going east. You will stay on this road nearly 300 miles until it meets Interstate-75. That spot is about halfway between Tallahassee and Jacksonville. There, you will move onto I-75 and go south. After about 100 miles, you will move onto Florida’s Turnpike. You’ll take that road to the southeastern part of the state, toward Miami. After you go through Miami, around the town of Homestead, you will have to move onto Route 1. You can take that road south and west all the rest of the way to Key West.
Interstate highways and state roads like Florida’s Turnpike have different symbols on a road map. Which part of a map would explain what each of those symbols means?
A) compass rose
B) latitude and longitude
C) map legend
D) map scale
C) map legend
400
Any water that falls to Earth.
Precipitation
500
The Timucua lived in north central and northeastern Florida. The Timucua were not actually one tribe but fifteen different groups. They all spoke a related language, though. They lived in villages that were independent of each other. Each village had its own ruler. The Timucua tribes did not always get along. The groups sometimes fought each other.
The Calusa, who lived to the south, were more united. One leader, or chief, ruled all the Calusa people even though they were spread out over a large area. The Calusa did little farming. They obtained some of the food they needed by trading with other groups. They are well known for the skill of their wood carvers.
Which characteristic describes Calusa culture?
A) independent leaders
B) separate villages
C) shared language
D) skilled at wood carving
D) skilled at wood carving
500
Tornadoes and hurricanes are two kinds of severe weather. A tornado is a windstorm that forms a funnel-shaped cloud. A hurricane is also a funnel-shaped windstorm, but it is much larger than a tornado. A tornado can be a few feet to about a mile wide. A hurricane can be several hundred miles wide. Tornadoes form on land, while hurricanes form over water. Hurricanes and tornadoes happen most often between June and September. The winds in a tornado sometimes reach 200 miles per hour. Hurricane winds sometime reach more than 150 miles per hour. Tornadoes can leave a path of destruction. Hurricanes often damage whole cities with flooding. Both tornadoes and hurricanes can cause devastating damage.
Which problem is likely to occur from a hurricane but not a tornado?
A) drought
B) flooding
C) heavy winds
D) snow storm
B) flooding
500
Like other parts of the Southeast __ of the United States, Florida is bordered on one side by the Gulf of Mexico.
Region
500
The part of a map that shows direction is called the __.
Compass Rose
500
How did the geography of Florida affect the culture of the Native Americans in Florida? Explain at least 2 examples.
- Housing was made from materials found in area (palm-leaf, wood, mud, and clay). - Clothing was made from deerskin, furs, and local plants, like Spanish moss.
- Jewelry was made from shells, shark teeth, and animal bones.
- They could use canoes to travel on waterways.
- They use stones and shells to scrap out trees to make canoes.
- They hunted and gathered food, and used fertile soil to farm.
- They fished for more food, including fish and shellfish.