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A community of living and nonliving things in nature is called an _____________________.
ecosystem
Because Florida is surrounded by water on three sides, it is a _____________________.
peninsula
The Everglades covers _____________ acres of wetlands, much of which is a national park.
two million
Florida's "Space Coast" provides launch sights for ______ and _______
NASA and SpaceX
The Florida Keys is a chain of many islands called an _________________________.
archipelago
Mangrove trees have ______ above the water.
root systems
A ________ is land set aside by the government for Native Americans.
reservation
Thousands of Cherokees and Creeks were forced to march west on the _______ ___ ________.
Trail of Tears
Many _______ were forced to move to Oklahoma, but others fought to stay in Florida and made their home in the Everglades.
Seminoles
In 1565 the Spanish founded a settlement in Florida called ___ _________________, which was the first European settlement in the U.S.
St. Augustine
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, this man was a pastor and a civil rights leader.
Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1947, he became the first black person to join an all-white-major-league baseball team and broke the "color barrier" in sports.
Jackie Robinson
_____ founded Georgia to be a refuge (safe place) for the poor and a place to worship freely.
James Oglethorpe
Congress passed the _____ ______ _____, which forced Native Americans from their land.
Indian Removal Act
Alligators, crocodiles, manatees, and loggerhead sea turtles all live in the ______.
Everglades
The Seminoles built homes called _____ made of cypress logs and thatched roofs.
chickees
