Question
Juan de Grijalva became the first European to discover this place in 1518. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this location of the ruins of San Gervasio, where Maya women were encouraged to travel prior to puberty in order to seek motherhood. This place was sacred to the fertility goddess Ixchel (“EESH-chayll”).
ANSWER: Cozumel [or Kuutsmil]
[10e] This man “rescued” the translator Jerónimo de Aguilar after landing on Cozumel in 1519. This explorer later used Jerónimo to translate Spanish to Maya, from which La Malinche translated this man’s requests to Nahuatl.
ANSWER: Hernán Cortés [or Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano]
[10m] The next Spanish expedition to pass through Cozumel was led by this conquistador, sent to stop Cortes. Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was one of four survivors of this conquistador’s namesake failed 1527 expedition.
ANSWER: Pánfilo de Narváez [accept the Narváez expedition]
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2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
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2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
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CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | UBC | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
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