article, "Columbus Day? Not in Mexico!"

What was Christopher Columbus' nationality?

• Italian

• Spanish

• Roman

• Portuguese

From the arrival of Columbus to this island to 1548, the indigenous population went from 300,000 to 50,000 under the oppressive rule of Columbus and his successors.

• Hispaniola

• Cuba

• Puerto Rico

• Jamaica

In Mexico and many other Latin American countries October 12th is celebrated as

• el Día de la Raza

• el Día de Cristóbal Colón

• el Día de los Muertos

• el Día de Otoño

About what percentage of the population of Latin America is indigenous?

• about 3%

• about 13%

• about 33%

• about 63%

When did the first celebration of el Día de la Raza in Mexico happen?

• in the 1700s

• in the 1800s

• in the 1900s

• in the 2000s