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Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Look at the map. What body of water is on Florida’s eastern border?
a. Atlantic Coastal Plain
b. Atlantic Ocean
c. Gulf of Mexico
d. Pacific Ocean
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Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
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.
2. 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
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3. 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
4. Which Native American group lived in northern Florida?
a. Calusa
b. Tequesta
c. Timucua
d. Tocobaga
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5. 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
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Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
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.
6. Based on the directions for the first part of this trip, where is Pensacola located in relation to Tallahassee?
a. northeast
b. northwest
c. southeast
d. southwest
Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
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.
7. Where was Marjory Stoneman Douglas born?
a. Florida
b. Georgia
c. Massachusetts
d. Minnesota
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8. Which of the following types of severe weather includes lightning that can start fires?
a. drought
b. hurricane
c. snow storm
d. thunderstorm
9. Where is Florida in relation to the Gulf of Mexico?
a. East
b. North
c. South
d. West
Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
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.
10. 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
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Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
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.
11. 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.
Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
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.
12. Which problem is likely to occur from a hurricane but not a tornado?
a. drought
b. flooding
c. heavy winds
d. snow storm
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13. 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
Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
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.
14. Which characteristic describes Calusa culture?
a. independent leaders
b. separate villages
c. shared language
d. skilled at wood carving
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15. 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
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Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
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.
16. 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
17. 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
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18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
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