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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 & 16 The River Yuyaparí & The Kingdom of Venezuela.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pedro Arias de Avila arrived in what year?
(a) 1901
(b) 1514
(c) 1727
(d) 1399

2. What did the natives have to carry?
(a) Chests of gold
(b) Huts
(c) Anchors
(d) The Spanish

3. The natives were given the choice of converting to Christianity and swearing allegiance to Spain or what other choice?
(a) Be burned at the stake
(b) Face military action
(c) Be exiled to South America
(d) Leave their families

4. The troop of Spanish soldiers took about how many women and girls?
(a) 80
(b) 500
(c) 12
(d) 350

5. Who sent evidence of the atrocities to the Council of the Indies?
(a) Spanish settlers
(b) Natives
(c) Missionaries
(d) German merchants

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the punishment for murder in Spain?

2. What weapons did the natives use against the Spanish?

3. What did the Spanish do to the women and girls?

4. What did Avila want to do with the area that he governed?

5. What did the Spanish want that the Guatemalans didn't have?

(see the answer key)

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