Newsela Quiz: Columbus and the Taino People

What two examples of genocide are mentioned in the article? (HINT: THERE ARE TWO ANSWERS!)

• Columbus kills several Taino people

• The textbook erases any mention of the Taino people

• The Taino people revive their culture

• The article does not say.

Choose all the synonyms of renaissance. (HINT: THERE ARE TWO ANSWERS.)

• death

• rebirth

• extinct

• revival

Requirement of the Taino people to pay certain amounts of gold and cotton was called?

• theft

• down payment

• sales tax

• the tribute system

Columbus sold thousands of Taino people to Spaniards and other Europeans was called?

• the trans-Atlantic slave trade

• transfer

• Spanish-slave treatment

• The article does not say.

All of the following describes the Taino people's personality as described by Columbus EXCEPT:

• gentle

• loving

• kind

• evil

Columbus felt that he could subjugate the Taino people when he met them. SUBJUGATE is another word for?

• befriend

• control

• steal

• adopt

When Columbus left for Spain, he left this many Spaniards that were later killed by the Taino people?

• 100

• 25

• 50

• 39

What other people are celebrated on the same day as Columbus Day?

• Canadians

• Indigenous

• French

• British