Analyzing Key Ideas in a Text

Lesson 4: Analyzing Key Ideas in a Text

Part 1

Multiple Choice

Which sentence from the text best illustrates how Coronado was affected by Niza’s stories?

• “Niza told fantastic stories about Cibola, a place also called the Seven Cities of Gold.”

• “When they arrived, however, Coronado was greatly disappointed to find a settlement of small pueblos instead of a golden city.”

• “He claimed that he saw cities full of gold.”

• “Spanish explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and his soldiers set out for Cibola with Niza as their guide.”

Multiple Choice

#1. Which sentence from the text develops the idea that many explorers have searched for the legendary land of El Dorado?

• “When the story of the golden city reached Pizarro, he was determined to find this place for himself and claim the gold.”

• “Stories claimed that the chief’s followers adorned themselves with gold and jewels that were plentiful in this rich land.”

• “The lure of gold led to much disappointment, wasted years,

  and even death.”

• “In a ritual to ensure a good harvest, the chief would float out to the middle of a lake on a raft and leap in.”

Multiple Choice

#2. Which sentence describes an actual event that may have led people

to believe that the chieftain of El Dorado was covered in gold?

• “They told about a place in the Andes Mountains where people worshipped a chieftain covered in gold. . . .”

• “When a new chief came into power, he was covered in oil or clay and sprinkled with gold dust.”

• “In 1541, he led an expedition to find El Dorado.”

• “The chieftain was known as El Dorado—one who is gilded, or covered in gold.”

Open Ended

#3. Describe how the mythical El Dorado was different from the actual

place where the Muisca people and their chief lived. Include at least

2 quotes and specific examples from the account to support your

answer.