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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 was the main Spanish policy toward the New World?
(a) To convert and save the natives
(b) To gain as much money as possible
(c) To exploit the resources in the New World
(d) To kill the natives

2. What did Avila want to do with the area that he governed?
(a) Settle it with Spaniards
(b) Create his own kingdom
(c) Give it back to the natives
(d) Mine diamonds

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

4. The Audiencia of Hispaniola decided it was in the best interest to continue what?
(a) Building ships
(b) The slave trade
(c) Exploring the New World
(d) Killing the natives

5. In what year was the river discovered?
(a) 1628
(b) 1472
(c) 1529
(d) 1413

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Castilians were stolen by the Germans?

2. What was the punishment for murder in Spain?

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

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

5. Pedro Arias de Avila arrived in what year?

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