Chapter 1, Lesson 2 Test Review

Front

Which of the following statements best describes Florida's water features? Florida is surrounded by ocean on three sides, has very few fresh water lakes, and has no wetlands. Florida's humid climate creates rain and flooding on a seasonal basis, but Florida has a long dry season. Florida is surrounded by ocean on three sides, has many lakes and rivers, and large areas of wetlands. Florida's water features are mostly on the coast, in the form of salt marshes and inlets.

Back

Florida is surrounded by ocean on three sides, has many lakes and rivers, and large areas of wetlands.

Front

Of Florida's main regions, the __________ are by far the wettest, wetter than the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and the Central Highlands.

Back

Everglades

Front

The Timucuan people, numbering close to 200,000 individuals, had the largest population of all the other groups in the area, including the Tequesta, Apalachee, and Calusa people.

Back

True

Front

Which statement best describes what President Truman meant by Florida's "natural abundance"?

Back

President Truman credits the climate of Florida, as well as its land and water features for creating an environment rich in variety of life.

Front

The food sources of Native Americans in northern and southern Florida were different in which of the following ways?

Back

Northern Florida relied more on hunting and gathering, while southern Florida relied more on fishing and agriculture.

Front

How do Florida's physical features make it easy to find on a map?

Back

Florida is a peninsula, which means that it is surrounded by water on three sides.

Front

Shell mounds were complicated structures, and only the Calusa knew how to create them.

Back

False