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Part 3   |   Exercise 2

Instructions:

You are given a piece of text with ten questions.

You are also given a set of 2 choices TRUE or FALSE for each question.

Choose the correct answer by clicking on the button.

 

Once all the questions have been answered, click on the check button.

Correct answers will show in green, incorrect answers in red.

Your mark will be given as a percentage.

 

The pass mark for this exam is 70% or over, and this exam should take about 10 minutes to complete.
(A timer is given to help you.)

 

Example:

The Young man lived in Paris.
A) TRUE   B) FALSE   

Answer: B) FALSE

10:00 min.

The Lost Fort

In 2013, archaeologists discovered the remains of an ancient fort built in North America by Spanish explorers - Q.1 four decades before the arrival of other European settlers. Why did the Spaniards build Fort San Juan, and what happened to them? Technology is helping to answer these questions.

In 1567, Spanish explorer Juan Pardo and his men built a fort in the Appalachian Mountains - 40 years before Q.2 the English established Jamestown in Virginia. As part of Spain's ambitious exploration of the Southeastern United States, it established colonies in St. Augustine, FL, and Santa Elena, SC. Pardo built a series of forts that stretched from the coast of South Carolina to Eastern Tennessee.

Q.3 He and his men were searching for gold. If they found it, Spain planned to establish more colonies in the region. But 18 months after Fort San Juan was built, a tribe of Native Americans known as the Mississippians attacked it, Q.4 killing all the Spanish soldiers except one.

Archaeologists believe the Mississippians killed the Spaniards because Q.5 the explorers were mistreating the Native Americans in a variety of ways.

Modern archaeologists discovered the long-buried fort using a technology called magnetometry, which Q.6 uses x-rays to create images from subterranean scans. Magnetometers can detect artifacts made of iron, steel, brick, and different kinds of rock.

In fact, the archaeologists were studying a nearby Native American ceremonial mound when Q.7 they came across the ancient fort's foundation, moat, and entryway by accident. Since the excavations started, scientists have found artifacts such as iron nails, pottery, and an iron clothing hook.

The doomed Spanish explorers never found their gold, but the region is so rich in the precious metal that Q.8 later settlers found nuggets lying on the ground.

If Pardo had discovered that gold, Spain might have further colonized the area, and the southeastern part of the U.S. might have become part of Latin America. Instead, Q.9 the Spaniards stayed away, and in 1607 the English built their settlement at Jamestown, beginning Q.10 the region's permanent history of colonisation.

The Tribune

QUESTIONS

1) Research shows the Spanish came to America over 50 years before the English.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

Why?

2) The Spanish built a fort at Jamestown in Virginia.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

Why?

3) The Spanish were looking for treasure.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

Why?

4) The Mississippians killed all the Spanish settlers.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

Why?

5) The Spanish had been very bad to the local people.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

Why?

6) Scientists used technology to scan under the ground.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

Why?

7) They had been looking for the fort for some time before they found it .

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

Why?

8) This area was a good place to look for gold.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

Why?

9) The Spanish returned several times after that incident.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

Why?

10) The area was only colonised for a short time.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

Why?
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