Tampa () is a major city in, and the county seat of, Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. It is on the west coast of Florida on Tampa Bay, near the Gulf of Mexico, and is the largest city in the Tampa Bay Area. The city had a population of 335,709 at the 2010 census, and an estimated population of 377,165 in 2016.

Archaeological evidence indicates the shores of Tampa Bay were inhabited by indigenous peoples for thousands of years. The Safety Harbor culture developed in the area around the year 1000 AD, and the descendant Tocobaga and Pohoy chiefdoms were living in or near the current city limits of Tampa when the area was first visited by Spanish explorers in the 16th century. Interactions between native peoples and the Spanish were brief and often violent, and although the newcomers did not stay for long, they introduced European diseases which brought the collapse of native societies across the Florida peninsula over the ensuing decades. Although Spain claimed all of Florida and beyond as part of New Spain, it did not found a colony on the west coast. After the disappearance of the indigenous populations, there were no permanent settlements in the Tampa Bay area until after the United States acquired Florida from Spain in 1821.

1. How long have humans been living on the Florida coast?
2. Does that predate European visitation?
3. What Eurpoean nation came first?
4. When?
5. Did they get along well with the locals?
6. What were the encounters like?
7. Did they start a settlement?
8. Did they have any lasting impact?
9. WHat?
10. By what means?
11. WHat modern city is located near the former Tocobaga chiefdom?
12. What part of FLorida is that in?
13. Is there good fishing nearby?
14. Where mught you go for that?
15. Is the city growing or shrinking?
16. Is it important to local politics?
17. In what way?
18. How did the US get the area from Spain?
19. WHen did they get it?
20. What changed after that?

Provide a numbered list of answers.
1. For thousands of years
2. Yes
3. Spain
4. The 16th century.
5. No
6. Brief and violent
7. No
8. Yes
9. The collapse of native communities across the peninsula
10. Diseases
11. Tampa
12. The west coast
13. I would guess so
14. Tampa Bay
15. Growing
16. Yes
17. County seat
18. unknown
19. 1821
20. There were permanent settlements in the area