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5th - 6th Grade

Unit 2 Lesson 2 - Native American and Spanish Powers Collide
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 5 pts

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Indigenous Peoples' Day was established to celebrate Christopher Columbus's arrival to the Americas.

True

False

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

15 mins • 10 pts

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What are two ways our understanding of what happened to the Taino people has changed? CHOOSE TWO ANSWERS!

Genetic research has shown that Christopher Columbus is Spanish, not Italian as people once thought.

Historical records kept by the Taino people give a detailed account of their first encounter with the Spanish

DNA research shows that some Puerto Rican people today are partly descended from the ancient Taino people.

The details of Christopher Columbus's oppression of the Taino is no longer kept from historical records.

Genetic research has shown that the Taino people were completely wiped out by Spanish conquistadors.

3.

REORDER QUESTION

15 mins • 10 pts

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In what order did the actions of the Spanish colonizers occur?

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sponsor voyages.

Hernan Cortes kills the Aztec emperor and occupies Tenochititlan.

Francisco Pizzaro holds the Incan emperor hostage, and then kills him.

Christopher Columbus established the Spanish colony of Hispaniola.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 5 pts

“[The Taíno people] have little knowledge of fighting, as Your Majesties will see from the seven I have had captured to take away with us so as to teach them our language and return them, unless Your Majesties’ orders are that they all be taken to Spain or held captive on the island itself, for with fifty men one could keep the whole population in subjection and make them do whatever one wanted.” —Christopher Columbus Which response best describes Christopher Columbus’s view of the Taino people?

Columbus realized the potential for taking advantage of the Taíno.

Columbus felt overmatched by the Taíno and wanted more soldiers.

Columbus wanted to bring all the Taíno back to Spain with him.

Columbus admired the Taíno for their wisdom about nature.

5.

MATCH QUESTION

15 mins • 5 pts

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Match the native people to the modern day countries.

The Bahamas and Caribbean

The Aztec

Mexico

The Taino

Chile and Peru

The Inca

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 5 pts

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The indigenous people of the Americas were weak and did not fight back when the Spanish tried to subjugate them.

True

False

7.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

15 mins • 10 pts

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Name THREE things that were brought to the Americas from Europe during the Columbian Exchange.

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