History of Venezuela

Today the assignment was to read "The History of Venezuela", pages 228-229 in the textbook.  The reading is about six paragraphs.  After reading, the following questions needed to be answered.  The question did not need to be answered in complete sentences (although it kills me to tell the kids that.)

On Friday, kids who scored poorly on a map quiz taken earlier this month will have the opportunity to re-take the quiz.  The scores were low, and I'm not sure why. We had worked with the map of South America for a couple of weeks, and the map was used to answer the questions.  Before I put grades for the quiz in the grade book, I want to offer an opportunity for re-takes.

Thanks,
Cathy

Questions to answer page 228,229

1. Before the Spanish arrived in Venezuela small tribes of Indians survived by______________________________________

2. Spanish explorers forced S. American Indians to ______________________for pearls and _________________ for gold.

3. When S American Indians died off___________________ were brought in to work the plantations.

4. _______________________ led Venezuela to independence from Spain in 1830.

5. Throughout the 1800’s Venezuela was led by ____________________.

6. Since Venezuela relied heavily on oil and became wealthy for awhile you would say that it had a __________________________economy

7.  What is indigo and how did it impact Venezuela’s history?