Scavenger+Hunt

**Scavenger Hunt Questions: Florida's History (3rd Grade)**

 * Directions:** Below you will find 15 short answer questions. You will read the question and then click on the word in **blue** . The blue word will take you to a website that will have the answer to the question you are looking for. Read the articles on the website until you find the answer to the question. After you find the answer you will write it next to the word **answer** underneath the question.

__Florida's Native People:__



1. What is [|nickname] the Seminoles give themselves?


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2. What major [|river] did the Timucuan people live near?


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3.What are the [|names] of the six major tribes of Florida?

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4. What are the [|houses] that the seminole indians lived in called?


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5.What [|animal] is the opening dance of any seminole stomp dance dedeicated to? (watch from 4:26-9:40 min of video)


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__Florida's Discovery:__



6. Which [|explorer] sailed to Florida and is given credit for discovering the state?


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7. What city did the explorer [|Hernando de Soto] spend his first winter?


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8 .What year was Florida [|discovered] ?


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__Florida's State History:__



9. What color are the stripes on Florida's State [|Flag] ?


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10. In [|1824], a new capital of Florida was founded, the cities name is?


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11. On what d [|ate], was Florida accepted into the State Union?


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12. What [|animal] was named Florida's state animal?


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__Florida's Important People:__



13. Who was the first [|governor] of Florida?


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14. Who was the first person to [|claim] the region of Florida?


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15. In what year was the first womens [|conference] ?


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