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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 weapons did the natives use against the Spanish?
(a) Swords and horses
(b) Fire as they burned the soldiers' quarters down
(c) Holes in the road with sharpened stakes inside
(d) Guns and cannons

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

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

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

5. How many people were driven out of Venezuela?
(a) 3 to 5 hundred
(b) 6 to 7 thousand
(c) 4 to 5 million
(d) 80 to 90 thousand

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the largest city in the Kingdom of Guatemala?

2. The troop of Spanish soldiers took about how many women and girls?

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

4. What was the punishment for murder in Spain?

5. What did the Spanish in Cuzcatlan make the slaves eat?

(see the answer key)

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