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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Kingdom of New Granada.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When one Spanish commander couldn't sleep because of the screams, what did he ask the executioner to do?
(a) Cut out the person's tongue
(b) Hurry up the death
(c) Let the person go
(d) Take the execution to another part of the island

3. A Spanish commander's actions were reported to whom?
(a) Council of Castile
(b) Audiencia of Hispaniola
(c) Council of the Indies
(d) Royal Court

4. What did the Spaniards burn on the king?
(a) His hands
(b) His back
(c) His feet
(d) His hair

5. What injury did the pearl fishers develop?
(a) Heart attacks
(b) Lost limbs
(c) Sores on their back
(d) Fish bites

Short Answer Questions

1. The lord named Paris lived close to where?

2. How many people were tried for their actions in the New World by the Council of the Indies?

3. When the natives did not obey the claims of the Spanish, they were labeled what?

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

5. How many Spaniards destroyed the peace that had been established in the Yucatan?

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