Saba is a Caribbean island which is the smallest special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands. It consists largely of the potentially active volcano Mount Scenery, at 887 metres (2,910ft) the highest point of the entire Netherlands.

Saba has a land area of . , the population was 1,991 inhabitants, with a population density of . Its towns and major settlements are The Bottom (the capital), Windwardside, Hell's Gate and St. Johns.

Christopher Columbus is said to have sighted the island on 13November 1493. He did not land, being deterred by the island's perilous rocky shores. In 1632 a group of shipwrecked Englishmen landed upon Saba. They stated they found the island uninhabited when they were rescued; however, clear evidence has been found indicating that Caribs and Arawak Native Nations have lived on the island.

In 1635 a stray Frenchman claimed Saba for Louis XIII of France. In the latter 1630s, the Dutch Governor of the neighboring island of Sint Eustatius sent several Dutch families over to colonize the island for the Dutch West India Company. In 1664, refusing to swear allegiance to the English crown, these original Dutch settlers were evicted to St.Maarten by Thomas Morgan and other English pirates that had been convicted to stay on Jamaica, to return within the months and years following. The Netherlands have been in continuous possession of Saba since 1816, after numerous flag changes (British-Dutch-French) during the previous centuries. By 2016 the island had been French for 12 years, English for 18 years, and Dutch for 345 years.

1. What is the name of the island that is the smallest special municipality of the Netherlands?
2. When is Christopher Columbus said to of sighted the island?
3. Why did he not land there?
4. What volcano is located there?
5. Is there evedence that the Caribs and Arawaks ever inhabit the island?
6. Who was the island claimed for in 1635?
7. Who landed on the island in 1632?
8. Since when has the Netherland been in continuous possession of Saba?
9. How long has the Dutch possessed the island?
10. What about the French?
11. Who evicted the Dutch settlers that lived there in 1664?
12. Did the Englishmen that were shipwrecked there in 1632 state the island was uninhabited?

Provide a numbered list of answers.
1. Saba
2. November 13, 1493
3. He was deterred by the rocky shores.
4. Mount Scenery
5. Yes
6. Louis XIII of France
7. A group of shipwrecked Englishmen
8. 1816
9. 345 years
10. 12 years
11. Thomas Morgan
12. Yes