Travels and Expeditions
Where did Ponce de León sail after returning to Puerto Rico while searching for Bimini? (Page 80)
South and west, hoping for an island off Cuba.
What effect was the magic fountain supposed to have on people? (Page 77)
Making old people young and keeping young people young.
What was the original name of the native people of Puerto Rico who were not friendly toward Ponce de León? (Page 78)
The Tainos
What did Ponce de León call the land of Florida? (Page 78)
Pascua florida (or flowering Easter), La Florida.
What name did he initially give the land he mistook for Cuba or an island off Cuba? (Page 80)
Bimini.
At one point Ponce de Leon and his men found a bubbling spring "crystal-like, so dancing with sunlight" this island is known today as what? (Page 79)
A tiny island known now as Key Biscayne.
Without knowing it Ponce de León and his men ended up being the first Europeans to step foot in a country known today as what? (Page 80)
Mexico.
This explorer, not Ponce de León, was the one who settled the island question of what we know as Florida, by mapping the shore of the Gulf of Mexico and discovering the Mississippi River. (Page 79)
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda
Ponce de León had been living in Hispaniola since arriving with this explorer in 1493. (Page 77)
Columbus.
Before Ponce de Leon was allowed to look for the Fountain of Youth he needed to conquer the island of Puerto Rico. What was the name of his dog that helped fight the Tainos? (page 80)
Bercerillo
How did the native people of Florida feel when they saw the Spaniards arrive and start to settle on their land? (Page 80)
Not happy
In 1521, Ponce de León landed on the beautiful shell-strewn beach of this island, which is known by this name today. (Page 80)
Sanibel Island.
On March 3, 1513, Ponce de León set out from this island with three ships. Answer: Puerto Rico. (Page 78)
Puerto Rico.
This is the type of sound Ponce de León kept hearing that kept his hopes alive when he was far off the island he was looking for. (Page 78)
The gush of water or the sound of old age washing away
What happened when Ponce de Leon and the colonists tried to put up their houses and settle in La Florida? (Page 80)
The natives of Florida drove out the spaniards and shot arrows that caused Ponce de Leon a serious wound that not only wouldn't heal and became dangerously infected.
When Ponce de León claimed the land for Spain what time of year and season was it? (page 78)
The Easter season (or springtime).
What was the date in 1521 when he set out with two hundred men, fifty horses, cattle, sheep, and swine to found a colony in Florida? (Page 80)
February 24.
Why didn't the village people want to help the Spaniards find the fountain? (Page 78)
They didn't want Spaniards to come near or bursting in on them.
This is where Ponce de León and his men went after his second attempt to settle Florida failed. (Page 80)
Cuba
What was the ultimate fate of Juan Ponce de León? (page 80)
He died in Cuba from the wound he received in Florida.