Q 01/05
A) Borikén
B) Quisqueya
C) Cubanacán
D) Xaymaca
Answer · why
The name lives on in 'Boricua', the everyday word Puerto Ricans use for themselves.
Q 02/05
A) His first voyage
B) His second voyage
C) His third voyage
D) His fourth voyage
Answer · why
That expedition left Cádiz with 17 ships and well over a thousand men, a colonizing fleet rather than an exploring one.
Q 03/05
A) Santa María
B) Isla Española
C) San Juan Bautista
D) San Salvador
Answer · why
The island and its main settlement later swapped names, so the saint ended up on the capital and the 'rich port' on the whole island.
Q 04/05
A) Hernán Cortés
B) Diego Velázquez
C) Nicolás de Ovando
D) Juan Ponce de León
Answer · why
He was greeted by the Taíno cacique Agüeybaná, and five years later led the first European expedition to Florida.
Q 05/05
A) Mexico City
B) Santo Domingo
C) Panama City
D) Cartagena
Answer · why
It is also the oldest European-founded city anywhere under United States sovereignty, beating St. Augustine by decades.
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