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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. Avila sent about how many horsemen to kill off a region of people?
(a) 120
(b) 50
(c) 5
(d) 300

2. Who fled to the mountains to hide from the Spanish?
(a) The orphans
(b) The lords
(c) The children
(d) The women

3. Fray Juan Fernandez de Angulo sent a letter to whom?
(a) King of Spain
(b) Queen Isabella
(c) Hernan Cortes
(d) Beltran Avila

4. Where did some of the native people try to escape to?
(a) Cuba
(b) The mountains
(c) The jungle
(d) Mexico

5. The Spaniards said that they did everything in whose name?
(a) Columbus
(b) The King
(c) Christ
(d) The Queen

Short Answer Questions

1. In what years were the people of Cartagena killed?

2. What advantage did the Spaniards have over the native people?

3. Why was A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies written?

4. When one Spanish commander couldn't sleep because of the screams, what did he ask the executioner to do?

5. Where were the slaves sent?

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