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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 The Mainland.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the Spaniards do to Queen Huguanama?
(a) Burned her
(b) Shot her
(c) Hanged her
(d) Stoned her

3. Who tried to intervene when the Spanish captured Hatuey?
(a) A Spanish commander
(b) A Franciscan Friar
(c) Queen Isabella
(d) His wife

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

5. What happened to the native people who were not killed?
(a) They were left in the mountains
(b) They were made slaves
(c) They were allowed to live in peace
(d) They were sent to Spain

Short Answer Questions

1. The troop of Spanish soldiers took about how many women and girls?

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

3. About how many natives were killed in the Spanish search for gold?

4. Nicolas de Ovando was granted the title of governor in 1501 for which kingdom?

5. The Spanish said that for every one Spaniard who died, how many natives would be killed?

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