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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 The Province of Nicaragua.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the slaves sent?
(a) Cuba and Bahamas
(b) Spain and France
(c) Panama and Peru
(d) Columbia and England

2. About how many natives were killed in the Spanish search for gold?
(a) 250,000
(b) 800,000
(c) 4,000,000
(d) 50,000

3. About how many Spaniards did Paris and his men kill?
(a) 250
(b) 130
(c) 15
(d) 50

4. Why did the native people take up arms?
(a) The Spanish took over their homes
(b) The Spanish threatened to leave
(c) They ran out of food
(d) A Spanish commander raped the chief's wife

5. What did Avila want to do with the area that he governed?
(a) Mine diamonds
(b) Create his own kingdom
(c) Settle it with Spaniards
(d) Give it back to the natives

Short Answer Questions

1. Which kingdom had the best sugar and climate?

2. Avila sent about how many horsemen to kill off a region of people?

3. What did the Spaniards make the captives eat?

4. Marién had what kind of mines?

5. What was the first territory on which the Spanish landed?

(see the answer key)

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