Columbus
The city and country Christopher Columbus was originally from
What is Genoa, Italy?
The rulers of the Spanish Empire in the late 1400s
Who are Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand?
The number of "caciquats" or kingdoms that existed in pre-colonial Hispaniola
The ocean that borders what was northern Hispaniola
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The traditional holiday celebrated on October 12th
What is Columbus Day?
The first country Christopher Columbus asked to fund his journey
What is Portugal?
The official religion of the Spanish Empire in the 15th century
What is Catholicism?
The method of travel used in pre-colonial Hispaniola for inter-tribal trade
What is canoeing?
Christopher Columbus' original geographical goal for his journey
What is to find a shorter/better trade route to India?
The Catholic University that houses the controversial "Columbus Murals"
What is Notre Dame?
The year Christopher Columbus "sailed the ocean blue"
What is 1492?
Following the first voyage to the Caribbean for the Spanish Crown, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand agree to bestow these 3 titles on Columbus
What are Admiral, Viceroy and Governor?
According to Christopher Columbus' journals, this is the practice that he claimed that the Taino "did not appear to have"
What is religion?
The rebel Enrique fled to this place on Hispaniola to escape persecution by the Spaniards
What are the Bahoruco Mountains?
The immigrant group who has generally supported keeping the Columbus Day tradition
Who are Italians or Italian-Americans?
The man who claimed he spotted land first on October 12th and received a reward
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The substitute for gold that the Spanish Monarchs were willing to accept
Who are slaves/enslaved people?
The important resource the Taino were able to provide for their entire civilization
What is food?
The names of the countries that make up present day Hispaniola
What are Haiti and the Dominican Republic?
Bartolome de las Casas owned this before he became a human rights activist
Who are slaves/enslaved people?
The first question Christopher Columbus allegedly asked The Taino upon landing at Hispaniola
What is: "Do you have gold?" or "Where is the gold?"
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella finally remove Columbus for this bad government of the island, NOT for this reason
What is the genocide of the Taino?
The Spaniard who defended and advocated for the Taino
Who was Bartolome de las Casas?
The modern geographical region where many of the descendants of the Taino are found
What is Puerto Rico?
The title of the most popular replacement commemoration for Columbus Day
What is Indigenous People's Day?