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

2. The power of Venezuela was given to which merchants?
(a) German
(b) Native
(c) Nordic
(d) Spanish

3. What did the Spanish in Cuzcatlan make the slaves eat?
(a) Poison mushrooms
(b) Wild grasses
(c) The prisoners that they took
(d) Horse meat

4. What post did Guzman hold?
(a) Mayor of Utatlan
(b) Admiral of Honduras
(c) Governor of Mexico City
(d) Governor of Panama

5. The Council of the Indies was more concerned about what than natives?
(a) Land
(b) Shipbuilding
(c) Finding a passage through to Asia
(d) Gold

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Spanish do to the leader of the Michoacan?

2. The natives were given the choice of converting to Christianity and swearing allegiance to Spain or what other choice?

3. About how many natives were killed in the Spanish search for gold?

4. Guzman bartered eighty natives for what?

5. In what year was the river discovered?

(see the answer key)

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