Calusa Indians and Tequesta Indians

Where were the Calusa Indians from?

• Africa

• Southwest coast of Florida

• In South Florida near Miami

• New Smyrna Beach

What does Calusa mean?

• Caring people

• Friendly people

• fierce people

• shell people

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

When did Spanish explorers write home about the Calusa Indians?

• 2024

• 1452

• 1800

• 1513

Which one describes the home of the Calusa Indian?

• They lived in teepees

• Built homes on stilts and wove Palmetto roofs, without walls.

• They lived inside of shells

• They did not have homes of any kinds because they lived in trees.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

What did the Calusa Indians do for food?

• They gathered coco plums, sea grapes, and berries. They hunted bears, deer, wild bore and small animals.

• They grew corn and hunted deer and other small animals.

• They fished for food off the coast, they used spears to catch turtles and eels. They also hunted deer.

• They traveled with the buffalo and hunted buffalo

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

When did the Calusa tribe die out and what was the cause?

• In the late 1700s from being captured and sold as slaves as well as from diseases such as smallpox and measles

• They all sadly died from Covid in 2020.

• They died from a huge war against the Tequesta tribe.

• They died from scurvy from a lack of vitamin C.

Where were the Tequesta Indians located?

• Southwest Florida

• In New Smyrna Beach

• In New York and Pennsylvania

• In South Florida near Biscayne Bay in the present day Miami area.

What did the Tequesta Indian do for food?

• They relied on fishing and only ate fish and things they could gather from the waters.

• They were vegetarians and did not hunt. They only ate fruit and vegetables.

• They grew corn and other crops for survival.

• They relied on fish, shellfish, nuts, and berries. They hunted animals like bears, deer, and wild boar, and small mammals.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

How did the Tequesta Indians respond to European settlers?

• They forced them to North Florida so they could keep control of South Florida

• They fought them and forced the Europeans to leave.

• At first, they were unwelcome, but they Europeans won their friendship by bringing gifts.

• They immediatly became best friends and welcomed them all.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What did the Tequesta Indians use for tools?

• shells

• shells and shark teeth

• animal bones

• they never used tools