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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sir Walter Raleigh.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prevents Raleigh from going to the Virginia colonies?
(a) The death of his son.
(b) The death of the queen.
(c) The death of his wife.
(d) His own death.

2. What people do Karlsefni and Snorri find in the New World?
(a) The Inuit.
(b) The Abenaki.
(c) The Skrellings.
(d) The Iroquois.

3. What happens when Montezuma asks his people not to fight back against the Spanish?
(a) He is hit on the head by a stone, which kills him.
(b) He stirs the Aztecs to resist even more fiercely than before.
(c) He frightens the Aztecs and they run away.
(d) He convinces the Aztecs to lay down their arms peacefully.

4. How does Montezuma try to get Cortez to stay on the coast and not enter the interior?
(a) He sends poisoned food.
(b) He sends troops to attack.
(c) He sends a threatening letter.
(d) He sends gifts to Cortez.

5. Why do the Aztecs have two aqueducts?
(a) So that one can be used to carry water out, and the other to carry water in.
(b) So that one can be used while the other is being cleaned.
(c) So that one can supply one half of the city, and the other can supply the other half.
(d) So that enough water can be provided for the needs of the emperor and his entourage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the girl Ponce de Leon gives a gold crucifix to?

2. How does Williams suggest that Ponce de Leon feels when he hears about Cortez and the wealth of Montezuma?

3. Why does Columbus count fewer leagues than he knows he has traveled?

4. What happens when Ponce de Leon and his men first land among the Caribs?

5. What is Columbus' point when he makes the following statement: "I was twenty-eight years old when I came into your Highnesses' service, and now I have not a hair upon me that is not gray; my body is infirm..."

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