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Social Studies Quiz 4D

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  • Thousands of Cherokees and Creeks were forced to march west on the _______ ___ ________.
    Trail of Tears
  • _____ 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
  • A ________ is land set aside by the government for Native Americans.
    reservation
  • A National _______ is an area of land set aside by the government to preserve the natural environment.
    Park
  • What was the first European settlement in present-day United States?
    St. Augustine
  • Mangrove trees have ______ above the water.
    root systems
  • Florida's "Space Coast" provides launch sights for ______ and _______
    NASA and SpaceX
  • The ___________ swamp in Georgia is home to a variety of wildlife and receives about 60 inches of rain per year.
    Okefenokee
  • Alligators, crocodiles, manatees, and loggerhead sea turtles all live in the ______.
    Everglades
  • In 1565 the Spanish founded a settlement in Florida called ___ _________________, which was the first European settlement in the U.S.
    St. Augustine
  • 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
  • Many _______ were forced to move to Oklahoma, but others fought to stay in Florida and made their home in the Everglades.
    Seminoles
  • What did the Indian Removal Act do?
    It forced the Native Americans from their homes.
  • What is Florida's state animal, which is endangered and lives in the Everglades?
    panther
  • A community of living and nonliving things in nature is called an _____________________.
    ecosystem
  • What fizzy beverage was invented in Atlanta?
    Coca-cola
  • The Everglades covers  _____________ acres of wetlands, much of which is a national park.
    two million
  • Because Florida is surrounded by water on three sides, it is a _____________________.
    peninsula
  • Born in Atlanta, Georgia, this man was a pastor and a civil rights leader.
    Martin Luther King Jr.
  • The Seminoles built homes called _____ made of cypress logs and thatched roofs.
    chickees
  • The Florida Keys is a chain of many islands called an _________________________.
    archipelago
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