Q 01/05

St. Augustine, Florida, was founded by settlers from which country?

A) France

B) Spain

C) England

D) Portugal

Answer · why

B) Spain

Founded in 1565, it is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the contiguous United States.

Q 02/05

Which Spanish admiral founded St. Augustine on September 8, 1565?

A) Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

B) Juan Ponce de León

C) Hernando de Soto

D) Pánfilo de Narváez

Answer · why

A) Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

He was Florida's first governor and had been sent partly to wipe out the French Huguenots at Fort Caroline.

Q 03/05

Why was the settlement named San Agustín?

A) It honoured the founder's own patron saint back in Spain

B) Land was first sighted on the feast day of St. Augustine

C) It was named after the expedition's flagship galleon

D) King Philip II chose the name before the fleet sailed

Answer · why

B) Land was first sighted on the feast day of St. Augustine

The fleet spotted the Florida coast on August 28, eleven days before the formal landing.

Q 04/05

Which continuously inhabited city in a US territory is older than St. Augustine?

A) Santa Fe, New Mexico

B) Jamestown, Virginia

C) Havana, Cuba

D) San Juan, Puerto Rico

Answer · why

D) San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan dates to 1521; Jamestown was not founded until 1607.

Q 05/05

Which Native people lived in the area, in the village of Seloy, when the Spanish arrived?

A) Seminole

B) Calusa

C) Timucua

D) Apalachee

Answer · why

C) Timucua

The Franciscan Mission Nombre de Dios was founded at the landing point to serve their villages.