WorksheetsSan Juan de Ulúa
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 11mins
Veracruz is a city and important port on the east coast of Mexico. In the 16th century, Hernán Cortéz founded a town there. This town became a busy port and was the main port of entry to Mexico for 400 years.
Read the sentences and choose the error (according to the text).
1. Veracruz became a city in the 18th century.
Veracruz
became
a city
in the
18th century
Read the sentences and choose the error (according to the text).
The town Hernán Cortéz founded was a busy fort
The town
Hernan Cortéz
founded
was a busy
fort
On an island near the city is the fort of San Juan de Ulúa. Today the fort is a museum but, in the past, it protected the port of Veracruz.
Complete the sentece:
San Juan de Ulúa protected (a) .
San Juan de Ulúa was a common target for attacks because there were lots of treasures of gold and silver. Its thick walls made it very hard to get into the fort and there are still standing today.
What's the meaning of thick?
It was easy to break into the fort?
True
False
San Juna de Ulúa was also a prison for many years. It was almost impossible to scape from there because there were many sharks in the water between the island and the city of Veracruz. Nobody could swim from the fort and survive.
San Juan de Ulúa was a prison for many years.
True
False
People could easily scape from the prison as there was any shark in the sea.
True
False
The Mexican 'Robin Hood', Chucho el Roto, was one of the many famous prisoners at the fort. Today, tourists can visit his old prison cell there.
Do you know who Chucho el Roto was?
Yes, I know plenty.
No and I would like to know more about him.
No and I wouldn't like to know more about him.
Yes and I want to know more about him.
Chucho el Roto is the only famous prisoner in San Juan de Ulúa?
Yes, he was.
No, he wasn't.
San Juan de Ulúa is or was a:
museum
fort
castle
port
prison
