Q 01/05

Roughly when did de Soto die on the banks of the Mississippi?

A) 1542

B) 1551

C) 1565

D) 1588

Answer · why

A) 1542

Sources place his death near Lake Village, Arkansas, or Ferriday, Louisiana.

Q 02/05

In which Spanish region was de Soto born?

A) Castile

B) Andalusia

C) Extremadura

D) Galicia

Answer · why

C) Extremadura

Three towns in the province of Badajoz claim him.

Q 03/05

Which town did historian Ursula Lamb consider his most likely birthplace?

A) Badajoz, the provincial capital

B) Jerez de los Caballeros

C) Trujillo, Pizarro's birthplace

D) Barcarrota, near the border

Answer · why

B) Jerez de los Caballeros

He asked in his will to be buried there among his family.

Q 04/05

With which first Governor of Panama did the teenage de Soto sail to the New World in 1514?

A) Diego Velázquez

B) Nicolás de Ovando

C) Pedro Arias Dávila

D) Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Answer · why

C) Pedro Arias Dávila

He would later marry the governor's daughter Isabel de Bobadilla.

Q 05/05

Which second territory did Pedrarias Dávila govern from 1527 after Panama?

A) Guatemala

B) Nicaragua

C) Venezuela

D) Hispaniola

Answer · why

B) Nicaragua

He also founded Panama City in 1519 and lived to about 90.