Name:
Class:
Date:
Unit 2 Test
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. One problem with the missions was ____________________.
a. crops failed
b. many Native Americans died
c. Native Americans ran away
d. the Spanish lost interest in them
2. What was a positive effect on Native Americans of the coming of Europeans to Florida?
a. being forced to live on missions
b. giving up earlier ways of life
c. learning new ways of doing things
d. losing traditional beliefs
[create a time line with the following characteristics:
beginning/ending dates: 1500 1800
title: Control of Florida
dates:
1513 Juan Ponce de León claims Florida for Spain.
1562 Jean Ribault claims Florida for France.
1565 Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founds St. Augustine, removes the French from Florida.
1763 Britain wins the French and Indian War; Spain gives Florida to Britain.
1776 American colonists declare independence from Britain.
1779 Spain helps the Americans defeat Britain.
1783 United States wins independence; Spain regains Florida.]
3. Look at the time line. What nation controlled Florida for most of the time covered by the time line?
a. Britain
b. France
c. Spain
d. United States
Powered by Cognero
Page 1
Name:
Class:
Date:
Unit 2 Test
Read the two passages. Then answer the questions.
“They make us work all day in the
fields growing food that is strange.
They live in better houses and make us
abandon the old ways that our people
have followed for many years. They
turn our children against us and
weaken the power of our leader.”
4. Which action is the speaker of the passage on the right likely to take?
a. become a friar
b. join the Spanish army
c. learn Spanish farming methods
d. leave the mission
“My friends, we are here to help you.
You will learn much from us. When you
accept our teachings, your souls will be
saved. Otherwise, you will suffer forever
when you die. Come to us and gain
forgiveness for all your wrongdoing.”
5. One of the goals of the missions was to teach Native Americans ____________________.
a. to adopt slavery
b. to change religions
c. to learn to farm
d. to sail Spanish ships
Read the two passages. Then answer the questions.
“They make us work all day in the
fields growing food that is strange.
They live in better houses and make us
abandon the old ways that our people
have followed for many years. They
turn our children against us and
weaken the power of our leader.”
6. Which individual is most likely to have spoken the words in the passage on the left?
a. Spanish friar
b. Spanish soldier
c. Timucua chief
d. Timucua father
“My friends, we are here to help you.
You will learn much from us. When you
accept our teachings, your souls will be
saved. Otherwise, you will suffer forever
when you die. Come to us and gain
forgiveness for all your wrongdoing.”
Powered by Cognero
Page 2
Name:
Class:
Date:
Unit 2 Test
7. Look at the map. Which site is the oldest permanent European settlement in the United States?
a. Daytona Beach
b. Fort Caroline
c. Jacksonville
d. St. Augustine
8. What challenge did the French at Fort Caroline face before the Spanish built St. Augustine?
a. attacks from the Calusa
b. feeling homesick
c. hunger
d. lack of money
Powered by Cognero
Page 3
Name:
Class:
Date:
Unit 2 Test
Read the passage, which is the story of one of the men who escaped from slavery in the British
colonies and made his way to Fort Mose. Then answer the questions.
“I could not bear being held in slavery any longer. They whipped us whenever they
thought we were not working hard enough. The food was poor and not very much.
Worst of all, though, was not having the freedom to do what you wanted to do.
I learned that the Spanish in Florida offered freedom to anyone who escaped from
slavery and reached their land. One night I ran to the woods, escaping from the
prison of slavery. I made my way to a camp of the Yemasee people. They
befriended me and agreed to lead me to Florida. I felt I could breathe again.”
9. Why were enslaved people attracted to Fort Mose?
a. They could buy their freedom.
b. They could get an education.
c. They were given their freedom.
d. They were eager to learn Spanish.
Read the passage, which is from a fictional diary written by one of Pánfilo de Narváez’s men. Then
answer the questions.
“We marched along the sandy land. After many hours of walking in the heat, we
were tired and very hungry. Then we met some Indians. They wore no clothing
except a cloth tied about their waist. They were tall and strong looking but seemed
afraid of our horses. Some were telling their leader to fight us. We seized them and
the leader calmed the rest down.
They led us to a small village of huts placed on the shore of a large bay. There
were small fields of corn nearby, but we could not take the corn because it was not
yet ripe. We made them give us dried fish to eat. These people had some jewelry
made of gold. Using hand signs, we asked where they had gotten the gold. They
told us there was a large place called Apalachen many days march away that had
gold and many other wonderful things. They agreed to take us there.”
10. How did the conquistadors communicate with the Native Americans they met?
a. by using the Native Americans’ language
b. by using Spanish
c. by drawing pictures
d. by using hand signs
11. What did the Spanish see that made them want to go to another village?
a. corn
b. fish
c. gold
d. Native Americans
Powered by Cognero
Page 4
Name:
Class:
Date:
Unit 2 Test
12. Which of these was a reason that Spanish explorers came to Florida?
a. to find good farmland
b. to have religious freedom
c. to search for gold
d. to vacation
Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
Native American chiefs were the leaders of their villages. They played a key role
in their people becoming Christians. Spanish friars knew that these leaders had
great influence over their people. The Spanish thought that getting the chiefs to
accept the new religion would help the whole village convert. To get the chiefs on
their side, the Spanish showered the Native American leaders with gifts.
The plan worked. Native Americans valued Spanish goods, and the chiefs took the
gifts gladly. The friars also didn’t attempt to weaken the power of the chiefs over
their people. Left with power, the chiefs worked together with the Spanish.
13. Which of the following groups did the Spanish friars target as a way of getting a village to accept Christianity?
a. chiefs
b. children
c. fighters
d. women
Powered by Cognero
Page 5
Name:
Class:
Date:
Unit 2 Test
14. Look at the map. Near which site on the map was Fort Mose built?
a. Daytona Beach
b. Fort Caroline
c. Jacksonville
d. St. Augustine
[create a time line with the following characteristics:
beginning/ending dates: 1500 1800
title: Control of Florida
dates:
1513 Juan Ponce de León claims Florida for Spain.
1562 Jean Ribault claims Florida for France.
1565 Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founds St. Augustine, removes the French from Florida.
1763 Britain wins the French and Indian War; Spain gives Florida to Britain.
1776 American colonists declare independence from Britain.
1779 Spain helps the Americans defeat Britain.
1783 United States wins independence; Spain regains Florida.]
15. Look at the time line. From whom did Spain get control of Florida in 1783?
a. the Americans
b. the British
c. the French
d. the Native Americans
Powered by Cognero
Page 6
Name:
Class:
Date:
Unit 2 Test
16. Look at the time line. How did Britain gain control of Florida?
a. by buying it from Spain
b. by claiming it for themselves
c. by defeating the Americans
d. by winning the French and Indian War
Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
Bernardo de Gálvez began helping the Americans during the American Revolution
even before Spain declared war on Great Britain. Gálvez exchanged letters with
American leaders, including Thomas Jefferson. Gálvez agreed to close the port of
New Orleans to British ships. That meant that only the French, Spanish, and
Americans could use the Mississippi River to send supplies.
Once Spain did declare war on Britain, Gálvez went into action. He captured
several British forts along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The biggest attack
came on Pensacola, the key British position in Florida. Gálvez and his army tried to
force the British there to surrender. After two months, they finally did. After the
American Revolution, the new government of the United States thanked Gálvez for
his help.
17. Why was the victory of Gálvez at Pensacola important?
a. It ended the American Revolution.
b. It gave him control of the Mississippi River.
c. It started the American Revolution.
d. It was an important British port.
Powered by Cognero
Page 7
Name:
Class:
Date:
Unit 2 Test
18. Look at the map. Who explored the west coast of Florida and then moved west to explore the coast of the Gulf
of Mexico all the way to Texas?
a. Cabeza de Vaca alone
b. de Soto
c. Narváez and Cabeza de Vaca together
d. Ponce de León
19. The largest Spanish mission in Florida was San Luis de Talimali, for the ____________________ people.
a. Apalachee
b. Calusa
c. Timucua
d. Tocobaga
Europeans seek
Europeans
wealth, colonies, and
reach
====>
====>
???????
to spread Christianity.
Florida.
20. Look at the chart showing a sequence of events. Which of the following is an effect of those events that led to
the death of many thousands of Native Americans?
a. disease
b. hunger
c. slavery
d. war between Native American groups
Powered by Cognero
Page 8
Name:
Class:
Date:
Unit 2 Test
21. Which conquistador may have been the first person to grow wheat in the Americas?
a. Pánfilo de Narváez
b. Hernando de Soto
c. Estéban Dorantes
d. Juan Garrido
22. Which of these is a food introduced to Florida by the Spanish?
a. alligator
b. fish
c. sea grapes
d. wheat
Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
Bernardo de Gálvez began helping the Americans during the American Revolution
even before Spain declared war on Great Britain. Gálvez exchanged letters with
American leaders, including Thomas Jefferson. Gálvez agreed to close the port of
New Orleans to British ships. That meant that only the French, Spanish, and
Americans could use the Mississippi River to send supplies.
Once Spain did declare war on Britain, Gálvez went into action. He captured
several British forts along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The biggest attack
came on Pensacola, the key British position in Florida. Gálvez and his army tried to
force the British there to surrender. After two months, they finally did. After the
American Revolution, the new government of the United States thanked Gálvez for
his help.
23. How did Gálvez help the Americans before Spain declared war on Britain?
a. by attacking Pensacola
b. by closing the Mississippi River to the British
c. by feeding American and French soldiers
d. by giving shelter to Native Americans
Powered by Cognero
Page 9
Name:
Class:
Date:
Unit 2 Test
Read the passage, which is the story of one of the men who escaped from slavery in the British
colonies and made his way to Fort Mose. Then answer the questions.
“I could not bear being held in slavery any longer. They whipped us whenever they
thought we were not working hard enough. The food was poor and not very much.
Worst of all, though, was not having the freedom to do what you wanted to do.
I learned that the Spanish in Florida offered freedom to anyone who escaped from
slavery and reached their land. One night I ran to the woods, escaping from the
prison of slavery. I made my way to a camp of the Yemasee people. They
befriended me and agreed to lead me to Florida. I felt I could breathe again.”
24. Which group found freedom in Fort Mose?
a. African Americans who escaped slavery
b. English settlers from Georgia
c. French colonists from Fort Caroline
d. Native Americans from farther north
Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
Native American chiefs were the leaders of their villages. They played a key role
in their people becoming Christians. Spanish friars knew that these leaders had
great influence over their people. The Spanish thought that getting the chiefs to
accept the new religion would help the whole village convert. To get the chiefs on
their side, the Spanish showered the Native American leaders with gifts.
The plan worked. Native Americans valued Spanish goods, and the chiefs took the
gifts gladly. The friars also didn’t attempt to weaken the power of the chiefs over
their people. Left with power, the chiefs worked together with the Spanish.
25. According to the passage, why did the chiefs work together with the Spanish friars?
a. The chiefs received gifts and got to keep their power.
b. The chiefs knew that the Spanish would force them to convert to Christianity.
c. The chiefs wanted to learn about Christianity.
d. The chiefs liked the friars and wanted to be friends with them.
Powered by Cognero
Page 10