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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. The river Yuyapari runs through which province?
(a) Venequela
(b) Paria
(c) Castilia
(d) Gootoo

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

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

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

5. Why did Guzman flee inland?
(a) A new Audiencia had been appointed
(b) He feared the natives
(c) His soldiers staged a mutiny
(d) He heard of a gold find

Short Answer Questions

1. The Spanish found that the gold in Cuzcatlan was mainly what?

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

3. Who sent evidence of the atrocities to the Council of the Indies?

4. What was the main Spanish policy toward the New World?

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

(see the answer key)

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