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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 The Pearl Coast, Paria, and Trinidad.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first territory on which the Spanish landed?
(a) Island of Sagres
(b) Island of Hispaniola
(c) Island of San Salvador
(d) Island of Genoa

2. What was the original purpose of the expedition?
(a) Convert the native people to Christianity
(b) Find gold
(c) Find a passage through to Africa
(d) Claim the land for Spanish purposes

3. What resource did the Spanish begin using up?
(a) Food
(b) Water
(c) Jewelry
(d) Clothing

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

5. What did the Spanish do to the leader of the Michoacan?
(a) Stoned him to death in the square
(b) Burned down his home while he was inside
(c) Impaled him on sharpened stakes
(d) Roasted his feet over a fire

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Marién had what kind of mines?

3. What did the Spanish force Montezuma to tell the citizens?

4. King Guarionex had everyone send what to the King and Queen?

5. What did the captives begin dying of?

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