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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 & 18 The Mainland in the Region known as Florida & The River Plate.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many people did the Spaniards kill on the day they decided to go on a killing spree?
(a) 3,000
(b) 1,000
(c) 50
(d) 500

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

4. The son of the chief in the Yucatan was sold for what?
(a) Cheese
(b) A horse
(c) Passage to Spain
(d) Two pieces of gold

5. What did Avila and the Spaniards do when they arrived?
(a) Built churches for the natives
(b) Burned the villages and the crops
(c) Redistributed the land among themselves
(d) Left the villagers alone

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did "mixed" babies fetch a higher price?

2. Who arrived in New Spain in 1525?

3. The Spaniards said that they did everything in whose name?

4. In 1511, the Spaniards landed where?

5. De Las Casas says that Avila was what?

(see the answer key)

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