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| How far is the Southernmost point of the Keys from the Tropic of Cancer? |
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| What material are the upper keys made from? |
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| What material are the lower keys made from? |
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Which Native American tribe dominated the tip of the Florida peninsula?
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| The Calusa tribe were dominant because of their _____ & ______. |
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Who was the guy who was shipwrecked and spared from the Calusa's wrath?
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| Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda. He later wrote a memoir about his experience with the tribe. |
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| What was the largest Calusa village? |
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| Mound Key, near Caloosahatchee River |
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| Describe a typical Calusa house. |
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| On stilts, roofs made of palm leaves. |
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| Who discovered FL, and was killed by a Calusa arrow? |
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Where were the Tequestas located?
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| Lower Atlantic Coast & FL Keys |
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| List the Lower Keys (Hint: There are 13 we needed to know) |
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- Dry Tortugas
- Marquesas Keys
- Key West (Cayo Hueso)
- Stock Island
- Boca Chica
- Big Coppitt Key
- Saddlebunch Keys
- Sugarloaf Key
- Cudjoe Key
- Summerland Key
- Ramrod Key
- The Torch Keys
- Big Pine Key
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What were the industries of Key West back then?
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(Before Civil War)
Wrecking
Saltwater evaporating
Reef Lighthouses
(After Civil War)
Cigar industry
Naval Bases
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What was the most significant natural disaster the Keys experienced?
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| Labor Day Hurricane of 1935; Caused collapse of railroad industry |
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| What are the historical attractions on Key West? |
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Hemingway House
* First pool in Key West
Harry S. Truman's Little White House
* Also used by: Thomas Edison, Eisenhower, JFK, Jimmy Carter, and Colin Powell |
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| What are the modern industries in Key West? |
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*Tourism
* Naval facilities
* Shrimping/fishing
* Ecotourism |
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| What Key is Fort Jackson (Garden Key) located on? |
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| Where did Dry Tortugas name originate? |
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| What has the Dry Tortugas been used for previously? |
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- Pirate hang out
- Smuggling depot
- Marine research lab
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| Which Key is aka as Jewel of the Keys? |
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| What ship sank off the shores of Marquesas Keys? |
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| Which Key is named for herds and cattle? |
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| What is located on Stock Island? |
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- FL Keys Community College
- Botanical Gardens
- Businesses that moved here from overcroweded Key West
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| Why was Boca Chica selected for Naval Air Base? |
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| High percentage of perfect flying weather. |
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- Group of Keys, most without names
- Little Dry Land at High tide
- Stunted red mangrove = good nersery for many fish
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| Where did Sugarloaf Key get its name? |
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| Shell midden resembling loaf of old fashioned sugar |
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| Which Key is known for a sponge farm and bat towers? |
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| Which Key is the Blimp Fat Albert found on? |
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| Which Key is good for star gazing and finding the bush cricket? |
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| Which Key is shaped like a helmet, named for a ship, and built to annihilate piracy? |
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| What is responisible for the development of the Torch Keys? (named after torchwood) |
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| Which Key is the largest of the SOUTHERN keys? |
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| Which group of Keys has a Key owned by the Boy & Girl Scouts? |
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| Which Key can the Miami Blue butterfly be found? |
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| What does Bahia Honda mean? |
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| Which Key is known as the "Cow Keys", and where did they get this name? |
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| What Key is Marathon found on? |
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| Which Key was previously called Shelter Key? |
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| What was Crawl Key used for? |
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| Keeping sea turtles alive from time of capture to time of butchering. |
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| What Key did Flipper originate from? |
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| was a sea salt evaporation site |
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| Which Key feels like an old fishing village? |
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| Famous resident of Long Key? |
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| Which Key had a fishing camp on it until its destruction in 1935 from the Hurricane? |
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| Which Key was originally called Jewfish Bush Key, then Greyhound Key? |
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| Fiesta Key's famous resident? |
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| Which Key had abundant freshwater & freshwater wells? |
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| What is found 1 mi. offshore of the Lower Matecumbe? |
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| On what Key was Jacob Houseman burned out by natives, and why? |
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| Indian Key; proposed to exterminate the Indians at $200/head |
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| Which Key is the State botanical site? |
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| Which Key is the state historical site? |
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| Upper Matecumbe is home to what city? |
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| Islamorada ("Purple Island") |
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| Which Key has the largest concentration of Red Cross Houses? |
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| Which Key began as 2 Spanish Umbrella Keys? |
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| What joined the 2 Spanish Umbrella Keys? |
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| The Theater of the sea is found on which Key, and where? |
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| Windley Key; Windley Key Quarry. |
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| Which Key was originally part of Key Largo? |
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| Unincorporated community at the South end of Key Largo |
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| Which Key was previously known as "Cayo Tabona", or "Horsefly Key"? |
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| By 1875, Tavernier Key and what other Key produced 1 million crates of pineapples a year? |
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| What is home to the safest natural anchorage on the ocean side of the Upper Keys? |
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| Rock Harbor only applies to the ___, the name of the actualy Key is ________________. |
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| Key Largo translates into... |
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| How many acres is the Everglades National Park? |
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| Name three of the Northernmost Keys. |
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Elliot
Old Rhodes
Sand Key |
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| The Keys were NOT made by___________. |
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